earlier i spoke to our reporter in belfast — kevin sharkey.irish government, and what is happening now is sequencing, if you will, towards him being eventually elected as the prime minister of ireland next month. later this afternoon he will be confirmed as the new leader of his own fine gael party, and that in itself is significant, because fine gael is currently part of the three coalition government in ireland, and fine gael currently holds the position of prime minister and the government, so basically have the pick of the next prime minister, so it will go on to nominate simon harris at a meeting of the parliament, that won't happen until the 9th of april, a few weeks away yet, and when he is nominated he will be supported by the other members and parties of the government, fianna fail and the green party, so he will be elected as an extra minister of ireland next month, and as you say, when he is elected he will be the youngest ever foreign minister of ireland. can you remind us what brought us to this point? well, rathersuddenly, a few