Political stability remains FG’s trump card and its only real hope

With less than a year to win back disillusioned voters, Kenny and Co have an uphill battle ahead

No more than 12 months from the general election, Fine Gael and Enda Kenny stand on the brink of history.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will make that history by either leading Fine Gael to back-to-back electoral victories for the first time in its 80-year history or by presiding over a defeat that will, if it happens, involve carnage on a grand electoral scale.