Enda ‘European of the year’ in Germany as ratings fall at home

Just days after Angela Merkel declared Ireland to be a special case, it seems Germany thinks Enda Kenny is special too.

The Taoiseach has been selected by the German Magazine Publishers’ Association as their “European of the year”. While his approval ratings are falling in Ireland, they seem to be soaring in Germany.

And it’s ammunition to use against Mr Kenny’s opponents who thought his Government’s version of “vorsprung durch technik” was “vorsprung lurch technik” — lurching from one crisis to the next.