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Statements by Simon Harris and Marco Rubio are in direct contradiction • Mar. 7, 2025, 3:47 AM ET (Irish Times)
Contradicting Marco Rubio phone call could be a misstep by Simon Harris • Mar. 6, 2025, 5:48 PM ET (Irish Times)
Tánaiste contradicts US account of his conversation with Marco Rubio • Mar. 6, 2025, 10:17 AM ET (Irish Times)
Trump likely to make life harder for undocumented Irish in US, Simon Harris told • Mar. 2, 2025, 5:17 AM ET (Irish Times)
Simon Harris hedges bets to include both Biden and Trump on his Christmas card list • Feb. 20, 2025, 7:09 PM ET (Irish Times)

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Born October 17, 1986 (age 38) • Ireland
Title / Office taoiseach (2024-), Ireland
Political Affiliation Fine Gael

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prime minister of Ireland
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Leo Varadkar
prime minister of Ireland
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Enda Kenny
prime minister of Ireland
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William Thomas Cosgrave
president of Ireland
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Garret FitzGerald
prime minister of Ireland
John Bruton
John Bruton
prime minister of Ireland
O'Duffy, Eoin
Eoin O’Duffy
Irish military leader
John A. Costello
prime minister of Ireland
William Henry O’Shea
Irish nationalist
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Oliver Cromwell
English statesman
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Charles I
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George III
king of Great Britain
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David Lloyd George
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William Ewart Gladstone
prime minister of United Kingdom
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William III
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Micheál Martin
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