Taoiseach denies napping on the job

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has brushed off claims he fell asleep during a jobs announcement by a world-leading pharmaceutical firm.

Mr Kenny appeared to have nodded off during an hour-and-a-half-long event marking the creation of 100 jobs at the Amgen Ireland plant in Dún Laoghaire at lunchtime yesterday.

But when challenged on whether he had been dozing in front of a room full of executives, enterprise chiefs, politicians, and staff from the US company, the Taoiseach dismissed the suggestion.