Enda engages in some phoney tactics to leave Eamon hanging

POOR old Eamon all dressed up and nowhere to go, waiting anxiously by the phone all weekend for Enda to invite him to the Prom — the promotion to Cabinet, that is.

With a “Gilmore (Will Settle) For Tánaiste” badge pinned to his best party outfit, eager Eamon sat staring at his mobile willing it to ring.

But Enda was a past master of the West of Ireland dance hall circuit of the early ’70s and knew the best way to keep a suitor keen is to treat them very mean.