Mick Clifford: As Simon Harris will learn, energy is not a policy

The notion that the incoming taoiseach is uniquely energetic is easily dismissed. And even if Simon Harris is a human dynamo, that will not resolve the multiple crises that Ireland faces

'A New Energy' was branded all over Fine Gael's recent ard fheis and riven into speeches by Harris himself and his predecessor Leo Varadkar. Picture: Dan Linehan

Who knew it could be so easy? Simon Harris has pledged to “fix the housing crisis for once and for all”. He has a plan to do this.

“We will build 250,000 houses over the next five years,” according to his speech to the Fine Gael ard fheis.