Simon Harris Elected As Ireland's New Taoiseach.

The final vote in the Dáil finished 88 Tá to 69 Níl.

The final vote in the Dáil finished 88 Tá to 69 Níl.

At the age of 37, the Wicklow TD has become the country's youngest ever leader.

And while the Tanaiste Michael Martin said Fianna Fail would back the Fine Gael leader, he also had a dig at Sinn Fein.

However the opposition have said it will be more of the same old, same old with Simon Harris as Taoiseach and a General Election should be called now.

Growing up in Greystones, An Taoiseach Simon Harris was first appointed as an Elected Member to Wicklow County Council in 2009, serving as representative for the Greystones Municipal District, where he received a record percentage of the vote.

As a Wicklow County Councillor, he served as chairperson of the County Wicklow Joint Policing Committee and Chairperson of the HSE Regional Health Forum. He was a member of Wicklow County Council's Housing Strategic Policy Committee and Wicklow Vocational Educational Committee.

Upon his election to Dáil Éireann in 2011, An Taoiseach Simon Harris became the youngest serving deputy in the 31st Dáil. 

Speaking on the appointment of Simon Harris as Taoiseach, Cathaoirleach of Wicklow County Council Aoife Flynn Kennedy said, ‘On behalf of my colleagues within the Council chamber, we all express our heartiest congratulations to Simon Harris on this historic appointment as Taoiseach of Ireland. It is a particular honour to see a former Wicklow Elected Member appointed to that office, and we wish him all the best in the role.’