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# Enda Kenny

Enda Kenny is the current Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael. Representing the Mayo constituency, he was first elected to the Dáil in 1975 when he won the seat previously held by his father, Henry Kenny. Enda Kenny then took up leadership of the party after Michael Noonan stood down from the postion in 2002 following a poor performance in the general election. Kenny took over as Taosieach following the elections in February 2011.

# Enda Kenny - Today’s News

An Indian Army soldier displays his daredevil motorcycle skills during an army fair in Bhubaneshwar, India today. Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

2 hours ago 2,402 Views 1 Comment

Your nightly news round-up of the day’s biggest stories…

From The Daily Edge caption comp

Caption Competition: Who is Enda talking to and what about?

4 hours ago 2,568 Views 80 Comments

“Hello, Angela? ‘Tis Enda here…”

Dáil Éireann

Kenny: I don’t foresee sale of state assets in 2012

10 hours ago 2,029 Views 72 Comments

Taoiseach Enda Kenny tells the Dáil that “commencement and realisation” of selling state assets may begin in 2013.

# Enda Kenny - Yesterday’s News

Mary O'Rourke interviewed in her home Politics

Mary O’Rourke: Current Dáil TDs are ‘not very bright or intelligent’ Exclusive

Yesterday, 7:00 AM 5,856 Views 71 Comments

The former Fianna Fáil TD said that Taoiseach Enda Kenny has ‘nothing in the top storey’ – but people like him because he smiles all the time.

# Enda Kenny - Monday 20 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge pic of the day

Awkward Date of the Day

Mon, 3:07 PM 6,036 Views 15 Comments

No comment.

Xi Jinping watching Riverdance in Dublin last night with Taoiseach Enda Kenny Chinese Visit

Taoiseach praises ‘special relationship’ as Xi Jinping visit enters final day

Mon, 7:44 AM 2,153 Views 22 Comments

The Chinese vice president will visit Áras an Uachtaráin this morning on the final day of his three day visit to Ireland.

# Enda Kenny - Sunday 19 February, 2012

Said and done

Pope and pictures: The week in quotes

Sun, 7:00 PM 5,237 Views 3 Comments

“I got to give them kudos, cause they really stepped up and did the full monty thing and got naked.”

# Enda Kenny - Friday 17 February, 2012

From Business ETC Both jobs announcements were made in conjunction with Kenny's trip to the US. Jobswatch

Enda in America: new jobs for Carlow and Waterford

Fri, 9:51 AM 2,883 Views 25 Comments

US connections to create up to 30 new jobs in Carlow and at least another 30 promised for Waterford.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny at Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government yesterday enda in america

Taoiseach tells US: Our best and brightest days are still ahead

Fri, 7:47 AM 2,694 Views 52 Comments

In a speech at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government last night, Taoiseach Enda Kenny described the bailout as “a bleak midwinter” – but said Ireland is now about recovery and opportunity.

# Enda Kenny - Thursday 16 February, 2012

Dáil

Uncollected Dublin bins could be “serious health hazard”

Thu, 11:48 AM 1,799 Views 27 Comments

Opposition TDs have slammed the government for the ‘looming chaos’ if 18,000 bins aren’t collected in Dublin city.

# Enda Kenny - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping photographed while meeting Hillary Clinton yesterday. China

From a Sixmilebridge dairy farm to Dublin Castle…

Wed, 10:11 PM 8,166 Views 70 Comments

Here’s the lowdown on what China’s vice-president will see and do while in Ireland this weekend.

Pope Benedict and David Cameron during the Papal visit to the UK last year. The Pope has been invited to this summer's International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Would you welcome a visit by the Pope?

15/02/12 9,715 Views 173 Comments

Enda Kenny says if the Pope visits Ireland, he’ll be treated with the appropriate “decorum”. Would you like to see him visit?

Vatican Embassy

Vatican closure will be reviewed “in its own good time” – Kenny

15/02/12 2,019 Views 57 Comments

Taoiseach Enda Kenny accuses Micheál Martin of ‘hyping up’ the closure of Ireland’s embassy to the Holy See.

9 at 9

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

15/02/12 5,872 Views 10 Comments

Nine things you need to know by 9am, including: Enda heads Stateside (again), penalties for jobseekers turning down work, and good news on the jobs front for Dublin.

Spending

Opposition criticise Taoiseach for spending €30,000 on photography

15/02/12 3,760 Views 43 Comments

However the Taoiseach has said that the costs have decreased dramatically in recent years.

Can't get enough

USA! USA!: Taoiseach returns to America for second time in a week

15/02/12 4,437 Views 77 Comments

Enda Kenny is in New York for the second time in less than week as part of a three-day US visit aimed at spreading a message: ‘Ireland is open for business’.

# Enda Kenny - Tuesday 14 February, 2012

Enda Kenny speaking in the Dáil today. Priory Hall

Priory Hall is ‘a symptom of mess government has inherited’ – Taoiseach

14/02/12 3,063 Views 85 Comments

In one of his first public comments on the plight of the Priory Hall residents, Enda Kenny said it was “absolutely outrageous” that the apartment block was built in the first place.

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Jobs Minister Richard Bruton making their announcement yesterday Jobs

‘Optics’ and ‘rehash’: Opposition dismisses government’s jobs plan

14/02/12 1,285 Views 28 Comments

Both Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin have heavily criticised what they see as the re-announcement of certain schemes and a lack of targets to reduce unemployment.

# Enda Kenny - Monday 13 February, 2012

Jobs

Here’s how the Government plans to create 100,000 jobs

13/02/12 5,329 Views 118 Comments

Enda Kenny launched the much-heralded Action Plan today. We’ve picked out the key points from the document.

People at the Career Zoo in Dublin's Mansion House at the weekend Jobs

Government to launch major jobs plan to tackle unemployment crisis

13/02/12 1,363 Views 17 Comments

The Action Plan on Jobs, due to be launched later today, aims to create 100,000 new jobs in Ireland by 2016.

# Enda Kenny - Sunday 12 February, 2012

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Nuts and takeaway: The week in quotes

12/02/12 4,221 Views 1 Comment

“We’ll pay our dues in full and on time”…

# Enda Kenny - Thursday 9 February, 2012

Pauline Vierne with onions on her tongue at the Science Gallery, Dublin's 'Edible' exhibition Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Thursday

09/02/12 6,318 Views 4 Comments

All the day’s big stories – plus any bits and pieces you may have missed…

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Thursday

09/02/12 3,794 Views 5 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

From The Daily Edge Kathleen Lynch Kathleen Lynch

‘Brilliant blue eyes and dark red hair,’ the New York Times on Kathleen Lynch

09/02/12 6,525 Views 15 Comments

The esteemed American newspaper’s reference to Lynch’s hair colour is reminiscent of Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s recent gaffe.

Leo Varadkar during the press conference in which he made his now infamous comments about Ireland's banks. Memories This post contains videos

Kenny says ‘we’ll pay our dues’ a year after Varadkar said ‘not another cent’

09/02/12 4,342 Views 100 Comments

A year ago today Leo Varadkar said that not another red cent would be paid to the banks. Today, the Taoiseach has insisted we will not seek to impose any losses on bondholders.

# Enda Kenny - Wednesday 8 February, 2012

Prostitution

Prostitution programme ‘showed the appalling abuse of women’ – Taoiseach

08/02/12 4,367 Views 51 Comments

Enda Kenny told the Dáil today that the government intends to introduce legislation to clamp down on the prostitution industry in Ireland.

# Enda Kenny - Tuesday 7 February, 2012

The St Viator high school team competes in the Illinois state cheerleading finals in Bloomington Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Tuesday

07/02/12 6,277 Views 6 Comments

In tonight’s Fix: A move towards mortgage relief; the deadliest place on Earth for girls; and should Ireland rejoin the Commonwealth?

Health Service

More than 2,000 to retire from health service by end of month

07/02/12 2,344 Views 24 Comments

Enda Kenny has given a detailed breakdown of the numbers expected to leave, after fears were raised over the impact on services.

From The Daily Edge caption comp

Caption Competition: Give us a hand Eamonn…

07/02/12 1,972 Views 66 Comments

“What’s that?” wonders the former World Champion turned politician…

Bill Clinton and Enda Kenny have a laugh. Green Jersey

Bill Clinton to urge US business leaders: invest in Ireland

07/02/12 1,898 Views 22 Comments

The former US president will hold a special event in New York on Thursday aimed at urging key business people to help out Ireland’s economy. Enda Kenny, Eamon Gilmore and Richard Bruton will all attend.

# Enda Kenny - Monday 6 February, 2012

Retirements

‘Transition teams’ set up to manage public sector’s pension exodus

06/02/12 1,746 Views 24 Comments

Enda Kenny says high-level special units have been established to make sure that retirements next month do not hit services.

# Enda Kenny - Sunday 5 February, 2012

Said and done

Buddy-buddy and ‘so help me God’: The week in quotes

05/02/12 3,970 Views 5 Comments

“We must reject the notion of normative citizens being reduced to the status of disaggregated rational utility maximisers in our theories and policies.”

fiscal compact

Taoiseach: Bailout funds are not dependent on fiscal compact

05/02/12 2,279 Views 40 Comments

Enda Kenny says the EU-IMF bailout supersedes the new European deal, and that Ireland’s access to funding is safe.

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should the words ‘fianna fáil’ be dropped from the national anthem?

05/02/12 7,083 Views 153 Comments

Michael Noonan says the party was founded after the anthem was translated – but should we stop singing the words anyway?

The FF letters in the logo of the Defence Forces stem from the words 'Fianna Fáil', meaning 'Soldiers of Ireland'. Anthem

No plans to remove ‘Fianna Fáil’ from anthem or Defence Forces logo, says govt

05/02/12 2,624 Views 26 Comments

Michael Noonan says the Irish translation of the Soldier’s Song was made before Éamon de Valera founded his political party.

# Enda Kenny - Saturday 4 February, 2012

Moonlighting

Government “working day and night” to get people off the dole: Enda Kenny

04/02/12 4,277 Views 118 Comments

Speaking in Cork last night, the Taoiseach said the cabinet has launched “an internetional charm offensive” to improve the state’s reputation.

# Enda Kenny - Friday 3 February, 2012

Micheál Martin EU Treaty

Micheál Martin calls for clarification on EU treaty

03/02/12 2,193 Views 36 Comments

The Fianna Fáil leader has written to the Taoiseach seeking answers to six questions about the wording of the fiscal compact.

Enda Kenny and Michael Noonan are among eight members of the Cabinet who claim unvouched TDs' expenses. TD Expenses

Taoiseach, Noonan, Howlin among ministers claiming unvouched TDs’ expenses

03/02/12 5,061 Views 76 Comments

While the country struggles under immense financial pressure, eight cabinet ministers take expenses that can’t be audited.

The Taoiseach's Twitter page has not been updated since 8 July 2011 yet he has more followers than any other TD. Tweeting TDs

Nearly 85 per cent of TDs now on Twitter

03/02/12 2,064 Views 21 Comments

Research has shown that 139 of the 166 members of the Dáil operate a Twitter account.

He Huang and Jun Ti Tao with daughters Ashling, Angie and Alison citizenship This post contains images

More than 2,250 new Irish citizens welcomed to the ‘national family’

03/02/12 4,096 Views 91 Comments

“As a people we have been enriched by your presence and in making you citizens of our ancient and proud land we are acknowledging that contribution,” – Minister Alan Shatter addresses Ireland’s newest citizens.

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TODAY IS ASH Wednesday, which marks the start of the 40-day Lenten period. Once upon a time, in predominately Catholic Ireland, the tradition of “giving up” some luxury or indulgence from now until Easter Sunday was strictly observed.

Is that a tradition you still adhere to? Will you still be ‘giving up’ something for the 40 days of Lent?


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