Hastily cancelled photo op would have been public relations disaster

In a few months’ time, Fine Gael’s cancelled photo op to mark its first year in government will probably be long forgotten, overtaken by far weightier issues and, no doubt, far bigger controversies.

So was it all just a mountain out of a molehill then?

Enda Kenny certainly thought so. “It’s a non-story, and if that’s all you have to write about, well then, you know, fine,” the Taoiseach told reporters yesterday.