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Fionnán Sheahan

In the queue for the reception desk in The Galmont Hotel, Galway, was a tall, thin man carrying a small piece of luggage and a folded over Louis Copeland suit-bag.

From this week, the incoming Taoiseach will have staff to carry his belongings and sweep him up to his suite. For now Simon Harris is still a civilian.