Taoiseach Simon Harris said he is "feeling good" after putting down his first week of campaigning for the General Election.
Speaking after the opening of the new De Valera Library in Ennis, county Clare, he said that "this is what I signed up for when I asked to be Taoiseach".
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The Fine Gael leader insisted that going forward his party could be seperated from their 14 years in charge of the county.
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