Shane Ross has not made a new appointment to a state board since he became a minister

Get your popcorn ready for the Taming of the Populist when the new Dáil season begins

Minister Shane Ross Pic: RollingNews.ie

Enda Kenny’s legacy as Taoiseach of a minority government may well be the domestication ofShane Ross. The lurid description of Kenny by Ross as a political corpse did not go unpunished. There is a reason why the independent TD was appointed to be Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

The public perception of Kenny belies his 41 years of observing and participating in the machinations of political power. Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney ...