Politics

Fine Gael ard fheis: Harris to woo farmers, small firms and families to claw back election votes

Incoming taoiseach was speaking in Galway ahead of party’s annual gathering

Simon Harris: “There'll be people who used to vote for us and for whatever reasons now don't. I'll be asking them to consider coming back to us, and I'll be outlining areas where I intend to work with colleagues to make progress to win back their vote”. Picture: Andrew Downes

Simon Harris says he plans to target farmers, small businesses, and families in his efforts to win back support for Fine Gael before the next general election.

Ahead of his speech at the party’s annual ard fheis on Saturday in Galway city, the Fine Gael leader and incoming taoiseach said he would be asking people to “come back” to the party.

“The people that I'll be speaking to tomorrow night are three types of people,” ...