Kenny and Ross build fragile peace - only time will tell if it holds

So we have peace in our time, it seems, writes Daniel McConnell.

On Thursday, during the taking of the weekly votes in the Dáil, Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his bête noire, Transport Minister Shane Ross, sat in the chamber and had a heart-to-heart for more than 10 minutes.

The pair detest each other and their poor relationship had already threatened to pull this impotent minority Government down before it was properly up and running. Ross, during the negotiations to form the Coalition, took to his Sunday Independent column to describe Kenny as a “political corpse,” an insult which stung bitterly.