FILE PHOTO: Irish Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris, attends a banquet at Belfast City Hall, as part of the events of a three-day international conference at Queen's University Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 17, 2023. Niall Carson/Pool via REUTERS
DUBLIN (Reuters) - The deadline to enter the contest to become the leader of Ireland's Fine Gael party - and the country's next prime minister - has been brought forward by one day to Sunday, the party said.
"The closing date for nominations to be submitted to contest the election for the position of Party Leader has been brought forward to 1pm (1300 GMT) on Sunday, March 24th," the party said in a statement.
Simon Harris is the only contender so far in the contest.
(Reporting by Graham Fahy and Farouq Suleiman, Writing by Sachin Ravikumar, Editing by Alistair Smout)
