Harris apologises for walking away from care worker
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris has apologised to a disability care worker he walked away from when she tried to ask him about low pay in her job sector. Charlotte Fallon stopped Harris in County Cork on Friday to ask him a question while he was campaigning for the general election.
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Mr Harris told reporters today he was ‘annoyed’ with himself for not giving Charlotte Fallon more time Charlotte Fallon with Taoiseach Simon Harris. Photo: Screenshot from RTÉ News. Taoiseach Simon Harris on Instagram live The disability worker at the ...
‘I feel really bad’ – Simon Harris apologises for walking away from care worker
Taoiseach Simon Harris has apologised after being criticised for an exchange he had with a disability worker in Cork on Friday night.
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The woman had claimed the government 'had done nothing' for carers and that people 'were suffering' in the disability sector
Simon Harris says sorry to Cork carer for ‘not giving her the time she deserved’
Simon Harris said he has apologised to a woman for not giving her enough time to speak about carers and disability services while he was out canvassing in Cork on Friday. The Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader said he spoke to Charlotte Fallon,
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