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 ...