The 32nd Dáil will be edge-of-the-seat drama — for however long it lasts

Enda Kenny had the pallor of one about to take a bungy jump under duress. He knew no more than the rest of us whether white smoke would spiral from the conclave, says Michael Clifford

If yesterday was a harbinger of things to come, the 32nd Dáil will be edge-of-the-seat drama.

Enda Kenny was elected Taoiseach after the House spent nearly two hours trading banalities in the political equivalent of driving around the block. Everybody was waiting on Mick Fitzmaurice and the way you might cut turf.