Kenny: Values of Free State founders reinstated

Enda Kenny claims his administration has “retrieved and reinstated” the values of the founders of the Free State and put them at the heart of government policy.

The Taoiseach made the claim at Béal na mBláth in West Cork yesterday at the ceremony to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Michael Collins’ death.

In a 30-minute address to an estimated crowd of 4,000 people, the Taoiseach repeatedly invoked the spirit of Collins and painted the current government as an administration restoring high ideals to public life.