“I ask just one thing of the Irish people. Value your vote, use your voice. That’s how this country works, it’s how we listen, it’s how we act on your behalf,” Taoiseach Simon Harris said before Government Buildings on Friday. “Ladies and gentlemen if you give me your trust, I will give you my all.” With that Harris had fired the starting gun on a three-week election campaign that will result in the electorate going to the polls on November 29. Harris has now joined a vast array of political premiers who have triggered elections in what has been a…

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