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Simon Harris's parents open the family album: ‘It’s not true that he always wanted to be a politician’

In their only interview, Simon Harris’s parents Mary and Bart tell of their pride and fears as he takes the top job in Irish politics

‘It’s not true that he always wanted to be a politician,’ say Simon Harris’s parents

Kevin Doyle

If pulling strings and plucking rabbits out of hats help in politics then Simon Harris has many years of practice under his belt.

When the Wicklow man takes to his feet in the Dáil today to accept the country’s top job, his parents Mary and Bart will be looking on with a mixture of pride and trepidation.