Payback time for Enda as Leo rushes into crisis

The appointment of Máire Whelan as Attorney General was a parting shot from Enda Kenny that new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar handled poorly, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Enda Kenny must be delighted with himself.

His last-minute grenade of Máire Whelan’s appointment to the Court of Appeal last Tuesday week has denied successor Leo Varadkar the honeymoon period he would have wanted.