It was more Justin Bieber than Justin Trudeau

A beaming Leo gave it socks, while everyone gushed over the bromance, says Lise Hand

Leo backed away from the hovering hurley. “I’m so not doing that,” he chuckled nervously.

Our Taoiseach was wise. He had no doubt at all that his guest would swing the hurley for the first time ever, and yet succeed in propelling the sliotar from the grounds of Farmleigh, straight into the Gorilla Rainforest in the Zoological Gardens across the Park, whereupon it would plant itself in the soil and sprout the first green shoots of a magic money tree.