Government’s top table gets seal of approval for new era

IT was all smiles and handshakes last night as the blooming new coalition had their first “love in” at Áras an Uachtaráin.

Not a foot wrong, not an awkward moment.

Even any old tribal wounds between Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his new minister Richard Bruton seemed healed, as the latter got the longest and most pronounced congratulations from his party leader. Cordial it was.