Meticulously researched account of how curtain came down on Kenny

Enda Kenny: was he brought down by his inability to get his story straight? Pic: Bloomberg

Politics: Enda the Road: Nine Days That Toppled A Taoiseach, By Gavan Reilly, Mercier Press, €16.95

Why did Enda Kenny have to stand down as Taoiseach in 2017? If some unfortunate politics class is ever given this question as an essay assignment, they will know that their teacher really has it in for them. Even today, most avid Leinster House-watchers would struggle to give a coherent answer beyond recalling that it involved a ...