Fine Gael Leadership Race
Seeded over many years, Harris’ leadership campaign bore rapid fruit
The higher education minister had been preparing for this moment for a long time, and that preparation paid off
In the end, Simon Harris’ campaign to become leader of Fine Gael was over before it began. But the ease of his victory belied the work that had happened behind the scenes over many years.
Leo Varadkar’s planned resignation had been kept a closely guarded secret, and aside from Simon Coveney, the rest of the Fine Gael cabinet ministers, including Harris, did not find out until the pre-cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning.
Once Varadkar had ...
