Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

When a Minister steps forward to receive his or her seal of office from Uachtarán na hÉireann, he or she crosses a threshold which is indivisible between private and public. While the Taoiseach may well have been in casual gear at the function in Manchester, those present saw him not as an ordinary citizen but as a citizen who happened to be the Minister for Finance.

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