Simon Harris takes the reins of a party in trouble

Hugh is joined by Pat Leahy and Harry McGee to talk about the swift emergence of Simon Harris as Fine Gael leader and taoiseach-in-waiting. They look back at his career to date and identify a potential strategy to lead Fine Gael out of its current predicament.

But first, more on the unexpected resignation of Leo Varadkar.

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