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Taoiseach Simon Harris during the announcement that Michael McGrath is to be next European commissioner. Photo: PA

Senan Molony

Taoiseach Simon Harris is in Brussels today for a two-day meeting of the European Council that will test his political mettle.

He will be in the marketplace for jobs, having secured his own just a few months ago without a contest.

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