Matt Cooper: 30 things Enda Kenny got right . . . and wrong
Kenny’s time as taoiseach is a curious mixed bag of striking successes and wasted opportunities
1. The economic statistics will be his legacy
It may be bitterly ironic for Kenny, given that the “keep the recovery going” slogan was a 2016 general election disaster for Fine Gael, and emphasised that the electorate either didn’t believe it, credit him for it or care about it. But the history books are likely to remember him for overseeing an extraordinary economic recovery.
Kenny, with Eamon Gilmore by his side, made the ...
