Defensive Enda puts the law in a safe pair of hands

If Enda Kenny was aiming for the air of a leader not being thrown onto the defensive, perhaps making himself defence minister was not the best move.

Rattled by the loss of someone who had been such a staunch Cabinet ally until their relationship recently soured, Mr Kenny did what old-guard African dictators used to do when they felt threatened, and put himself in charge of the army.

Indeed, his whole reaction to the Cabinet earthquake, was, well, reactionary.