Kenny’s unfair tirade won’t help keep children safe

TAOISEACH Enda Kenny continues to be lauded in the echo chambers of the media elite for his anti-Vatican tirade.

Unfortunately such an intemperate, ill-judged, misdirected, and factually inaccurate reaction is unlikely to do much long term good either for children or for anybody else.

I don’t recall Kenny voicing such criticism in 1996 when he was in government, when his comments in relation to the Vatican would have been much closer to the mark, or indeed in 2002, from the safety of the opposition benches.