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Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning
MIGA: Simon Harris, Making Ireland Great Again
Simon Harris has risen without trace. Who is he and what he stands for are questions that have rarely been asked.
Harris has been described as ‘the white Obama’. He was called the TikTok Taoiseach and hailed as a great communicator. But behind the empty phrases, something is happening in Ireland which needs real leadership.
On Free State, Joe and Dion explain why it requires more than tub thumping about taking back the flag to make Ireland great again. And why Harris’s coronation as Fine Gael leader was a symptom of all that’s wrong with Ireland.
MIGA. Simon Harris making Ireland great again.
Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.
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