On your side or the outside?

‘Truth and honesty’ is fine, but FG needs local election success, says Political Editor Harry McGee.

On your side or the outside?

EARLY LAST autumn, Fine Gael had a two-day parliamentary party gathering in a hotel down the country. The following morning at check-out time, a fax arrived at the hotel reception for the party leader.

The two receptionists, well-educated products of affluent 1990s Ireland, looked at each other quizzically. They turned to a guest at the counter and asked: "Do you have any idea what Enda Kenny looks like?"

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