Daniel McConnell: Charlie McConalogue —The quiet man who has a chance to shine 

Newly appointed Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue leaving the Convention Centre Dublin during a Dáil session. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Charlie McConalogue is often referred to as the quiet man of Irish politics.

His understated persona is at odds with his heavy-hitting presence, he held when he rose to the heights in student politics in UCD back in the late 1990s.