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A visit to a vibrant school is enough to lift the spirits of any politician. That was certainly the case for Taoiseach Enda Kenny when he went to Loreto primary school in Crumlin, Dublin.

He got a guard of honour on the way in yesterday from pupils in the school’s red and grey uniforms. Then the school orchestra was waiting inside, and after that the school choir.

Kenny praised them afterwards for their ...