Enda’s odyssey to meet media mogul

WAITING for Silvio. Fortunately the weather on St Stephen’s Green was more Mediterranean than Irish as Enda Kenny patiently awaited the arrival of Silvio Berlusconi.

The Italian Prime Minister was fashionably late for a working lunch for leaders of the European People's Party at the Shelbourne Hotel, hosted by the Fine Gael leader.

Effectively, this was the B-list event, or UEFA Cup in footballing parlance, compared to the Champions League game in Áras an Uachtaráin, but it still had a big league name present in the form of the AC Milan owner.