A political columnist by any other name

YOUR Earwicker political column (Irish Examiner, May 15) had an item headlined “Oh my God, they gagged Kenny,” which stated that Fine Gael were ‘complete langers’ and intoned Enda Kenny was gagged by the spindoctors present during his visit to Cork.

A political columnist by any other name

As one who was present I agree with Earwicker that the spindoctors did try to cut short questions from the media, but he never stated that Enda Kenny just ignored them and answered all outstanding questions from the hacks.

As for the interest in John Deasy, TD, being added to the ticket irrelevant: Fine Gael has the right strategy in a three-seat constituency and one candidate, Cork-based Simon Coveney.

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