Pat Leahy: This election will see the last shuffle of a gerontocracy
We are on the cusp of a generational change among our political leaders according to Pat Leahy
This week’s 40th anniversary of Enda Kenny’s election to the Dáil – marked by a long read inside the paper today – points to the extent to which Irish political leadership is something of a gerontocracy. But that will soon change as a new generation takes over all the main parties.
Kenny’s youthful air disguises his pensionable years. But he is 65 next year, and he has already said that this will be ...
