Simon Harris has shared a touching letter from his daughter in his inbox, as he begins his new role as Minister for Finance. The Fine Gael leader and Tánaiste was nominated as the Minister for Finance following the departure of Paschal Donohoe,

Behind the politics, Simon Harris is a husband and a father, sharing two children with his wife of seven years, Caoimhe.

PASCHAL Donohoe is resigning as Minister for Finance, it has been confirmed. He will step down from Cabinet, as a Fine Gael TD for Dublin Central and as President of the EuroGroup to take up a new

Paschal Donohoe stepped down from his role as Irish finance minister and Eurogroup president to join the World Bank. He will serve as managing director and chief knowledge officer, focusing on scaling up development solutions.

Tánaiste says he has ‘significant concerns that we’re not having that sort of discussion at a policy level in Ireland that every other European country is having’

The former finance minister, who is leaving Government to take up a role with the World Bank, said he and Tánaiste Simon Harris had 'always had an understanding and an appreciation that a moment may a

The Tánaiste has said he was being "shouted down by a bully" during a heated Dáil exchange with Sinn Féin's finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty.