Fine Gael rolls out royalty for Clune campaign

If there’s one thing we do well in Irish politics it’s dynasties and yesterday one of the most revered members of one branch of Fine Gael royalty travelled south to give his blessing to the scion of another blueshirt-blueblood line.

It’s rare these days that former taoiseach Liam Cosgrave makes public appearances but he arrived at Kilkenny Castle to briefly join the campaign of Senator Deirdre Clune.

Running for the European Parliament in the sprawling South constituency, the senator is daughter of former tánaiste Peter Barry, Fine Gael minister for foreign affairs during the 1980s.