Enda Kenny enjoys hour in the sun, but the best leader Fine Gael ever had?

Gerry Adams’ claim was a startling contribution, writes Michael Clifford.

ENDA KENNY signed off as taoiseach by saying he hoped he’d made a modest contribution to the country.

He has, of that he can be assured. He has made a contribution, and it was pretty modest. On the day he left frontline politics, 42 years after he first entered the Dáil, he was entitled to at least some plaudits. And that, for the most part, he received.