Enda should have quit while he was ahead

From highpoints such as challenging the Vatican, to lows like being ensnared in Garda scandals, Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe looks at the career of Enda Kenny

‘YOU always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.”

These wise words, from no less than actor and award-winning director Clint Eastwood, are fitting for politicians who think twice about not stepping down after passing their best-before-date. It is arguable whether Taoiseach Enda Kenny has or has not reached his. Still, should he have stayed in the ring for so long? Many might argue no. Undoubtedly though, he passed his zenith sometime back during his six-year tenure as Taoiseach.