OH, when cringe and current affairs combine to produce the perfect picture of the political zeitgeist.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny provoked uproar in the Dáil when he insisted that appointing two ministers to the Gaeltacht Department who did not speak Irish would inspire other people to learn the language.

BRIAN LENIHAN spoke confidently about his health last night as he said he had “no appetite” to change jobs in the looming reshuffle.