Simon Harris: 'He conveyed Ireland’s unique exposure to the EU-US trade complications very well at the European level,' one EU Commission official said of the former minister for foreign affairs. Photograph: Simon Wohlfahrt/BloombergWhen Simon Coveney was minister for foreign affairs he used an analogy to explain his job to his young daughters, likening politics and diplomacy to building bridges. Two discussions Harris had on the margins of that foreign ministers meeting would say a lot. [ Simon Harris is a skilled politician. Excluding a trip stateside, he undertook one purely “bilateral” visit as minister for foreign affairs, to Berlin in July.
