Jerry says Kenny not an issue on doorsteps

IT MAY be headline news, the talk of political commentators and spin doctors, and the butt of jokes on Twitter.

But Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny’s refusal to take part in tonight’s debate on TV3 didn’t seem to bother people in Cork South Central one bit yesterday afternoon as Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer swept through on the canvass trail.

“You’re the first person to raise the issue with me all day,” he told me, as he and his team strode through several housing estates in Togher.