Enda Kenny’s legacy obscured by cans kicked down the road

The Taoiseach may claim he saved Ireland from recession, but 10 commissions, inquiries, and tribunals tell a different tale, writes Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

The problem with perennially kicking cans down the road is that, eventually, you come to the end of the road and a mountain of cans. With his time as Taoiseach slowly coming to a close, Enda Kenny’s self-advertised legacy of saving Ireland from the recession is instead being obscured by this growing mountain of cans kicked to commissions, inquiries, and tribunals on issues he failed to tackle when they first emerged.

From Grace to Mother and Baby Homes, garda smears to phone-tapping, Siteserv to Project Eagle, Mr Kenny’s time is set to end not with a look back on his economic record, but with the spotlight finally being turned on the scandals that are still being hidden in dark corners of Irish society.