{"id":18670,"date":"2024-11-24T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T16:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18670"},"modified":"2024-11-24T16:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T16:30:46","slug":"irish-prime-minister-apologises-for-walking-away-from-care-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18670","title":{"rendered":"Irish prime minister apologises for walking away from care worker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Simon Harris said he was annoyed with himself over how he dealt with the situation<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Simon Harris has apologised to a disability care worker he walked away from when she tried to ask him about low pay in her job sector. <\/p>\n

Charlotte Fallon stopped Harris in County Cork on Friday to ask him a question while he was campaigning for the general election. <\/p>\n

She wanted to know why the issue of carers’ low pay had been “ignored” in the last government’s most recent budget<\/p>\n

The Fine Gael leader disagreed with her and cut their conversation short, but has since expressed regret for not giving Ms Fallon the time she “deserved” to discuss her concerns. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The tetchy encounter between the two<\/a> has attracted about two million views online to date.<\/p>\n

Harris, who is is campaigning to regain the role of taoiseach, said Ms Fallon “was absolutely owed an apology”. <\/p>\n

“The buck stops with me entirely here. I’m annoyed with how I didn\u2019t give Charlotte the time last night. She deserved that time,” he said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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