Stargazers shed light on the birthday boys

The birthday boys did not look like they were having much fun.

By a strange quirk of fate, Enda Kenny and Eamon Gilmore were born on Apr 24 — but this does not necessarily dictate a similar persona, as proven by the fact they share their special day with the very un-austerity coalitionesque Barbra Streisand.

Though, maybe there is something in all that star sign malarkey after all, as the Taoiseach and Tánaiste fall within the Aries/Taurus cusp — which in astrological circles is known as the “cusp of power”.