Kenny’s 10 years at helm of Fine Gael

Enda Kenny will today mark 10 years as leader of Fine Gael.

But any sense of relief at last week’s passing of the fiscal treaty referendum will be tempered by the scale of the challenges still facing his government.

Mr Kenny was elected leader of Fine Gael on June 5, 2002, by secret ballot, at a time when the party was on its knees, having haemorrhaged seats in the previous month’s general election. A decade later, he is Taoiseach.