Taoiseach weathers summer of discontent — for now

Moves to oust Enda Kenny as Fine Gael leader are on ice for the moment after the Taoiseach’s drubbing in recent days, where the smell of revolt was clearly in the air.

Mr Kenny came out fighting for his political future yesterday as a series of senior party figures took to the airwaves and put a sudden halt to talk of revolt.

For the moment, a somewhat forlorn Mr Kenny looks like he will make it to the finish line and escape unscathed for the summer when the Dáil rises in two weeks.