Portraits in Power: Enda Kenny
Enda Kenny’s time as taoiseach was marked by extremes: from recession to recovery; from huge Dáil majority to the electoral disappointment that curtailed his time in office, writes Gavan Reilly
Enda Kenny (1951-)
Party: Fine Gael
Constituency: Mayo West, Mayo
In office: March 2011-June 2017
Key quote:“Growing up, many of us in here learned we were part of a pilgrim church. Today, that church needs to be a penitent church; a church truly and deeply penitent for the horrors it perpetrated, hid and denied.” - On the Cloyne report (2011)
In some ways, Enda Kenny had the best of times; in others, the ...