Elaine Loughlin: Statesman Simon's good faith met with stinging criticism

The TikTok Taoiseach may want to take a grown-up approach but his opponents won’t be letting him forget the failings of his ministerial youth
Elaine Loughlin: Statesman Simon's good faith met with stinging criticism

A claxon may have sounded on Simon Harris’s campaign to lead in good faith, but it’s an alarm the opposition has no intention on heeding. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The booming claxon roused a number of zoned-out TDs straight up in their seats.

A malfunction in the clerk of the Dáil’s system, that dictates the speaking time allocated to each TD, was the source of the alarm, prompting a few confused looks from backbenchers.

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