Harris hopes parties engage in ‘good-spirited political match’ during campaign

Taoiseach Simon Harris said he hopes political parties will engage in a “good-spirited political match” in the remaining weeks of the general election campaign.

Mr Harris said he has “good respect” for Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin and hopes the sentiment is reciprocated.

The two leaders bumped into each other on the election trail in Co Kerry on Saturday afternoon.

In a video posted on social media, Mr Harris can be seen walking over to Mr Martin and shaking his hand before introducing party candidates.

Mr Harris told his Fianna Fáil counterpart it was good to see him, and they wished each other the best before carrying on with their campaign duties.

In the first week of the election campaign, the two largest coalition parties publicly rowed, with Mr Martin saying he was surprised by the tone of the Fine Gael attacks.

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