Fine Gael leader and outgoing Taoiseach Simon Harris admits that he 'let himself down' during a much criticised clip of him interacting with a carer in Cork.

Mr Harris phoned Charlotte Fallon to apologise for not giving her the time she 'deserved' to discuss her concerns as he was canvassing in Kanturk last Friday

Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman describes encounter between the pair as a ‘defining moment’ of the election campaign

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has said he did not meet his own standards, let alone anyone else's, during a meeting with disability care worker Charlotte Fallon in Kanturk, Co Cork last Friday.

Fine Gael has been called on to clarify communications Simon Harris’s team had with RTÉ before the airing of the clip

Differences in the terms on which various workers are employed developed as cuts imposed after the financial crash were not reversed for section 39, section 56 and section 10 workers

FORMER Minister Finian McGrath has come to the defence of Simon Harris, saying the Fine Gael leader “one of the few people” in Cabinet who gets “the disability issue”.

The disability worker who was filmed having a tense exchange with Taoiseach Simon Harris while the Fine Gael leader was out canvassing in Cork has said she was left “shaken” following the interaction.