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Photos: Bride? Check. Cute kid? Check. Anger? Check. It's Enda Kenny on the campaign trail
Plus a political selfie, of course.
IT’S ONE OF the things that always comes with an election campaign trail.
Walking through a town centre smiling at everyone? Check. Holding babies? Check. Running into a bride and groom and getting a quick picture? Check.
What’s unusual is to get all these things in one go. However, Taoiseach Enda Kenny managed to tick off more than the usual amount of election clichés in one short visit to Carlow town today.
First up, he happily posed for pictures with newlywed bride Maria Ryan:
And even went for the awkward double-kiss with her new husband Peter:
Then there was the semingly-obligatory political selfie with Fine Gael candidate Simon Harris and constituent Helen Brennan:
Followed by the casual post-selfie discussion:
There was the “oh that’s your sports team is it?” discussion with unimpressed Chelsea fan Mazin Omera
There was the run-in with unhappy constituent Adrienne Wallace, who asked what the difference was between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil (Enda’s answer? “Competence”):
Followed closely by the run-in with another unhappy constituent, Helen Fahey, who is a carer for her autistic son:
There was some finger pointing, because it isn’t an event with the Taoiseach unless he’s gotten to point at something:
This was followed with some attempts at a thumbs up with Alannah and Grace Guerin:
Before 9-year-old Molly Hickey gave him her thoughts on how Fine Gael are doing:
All that was missing was some teenagers posing awkwardly beside him, really. Still, good job on hitting so many other campaign trail stalwarts.
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