Talk:Enda Kenny

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As of 29 April 2007, his age is still being reported as 55, he turned 56 last week. Age is an automatic fucntion on this page! :confused:

Recent polls (national and local) confirm that the extreme spin of FG about Kenny and the party isn't justified by the evidence. After 2 majo poster campaigns promoting him in 2006 all of the commentary now is how he has failed to present himself as a cerdible alternative Taoiseach. If the FG Press Office would leave the entry alone for a while it might reflect this reality.

Needs more than an image I'm afraid! There's very little in this article about the positive impact Kenny's leadership has had on Fine Gael.Surely some of his policy inititatives could be added, while the article needs headings to divide it up.

This piece has been repeatedly update to give the best light possible on short-term developments. The bottom line is that FG are 2% up in the polls under EK's leadership. THey are more energetic and effective, but the gushing nature of the updates and the consistency of their maintenance suggests that persons associated with his party are seeking to use this entry in an improper way

This page is no less neutral than other political leader's pages. It looks fair to me. Perhaps a little editing could balance it up again. You have to remember this page was once very biased against Kenny.

This article doesn't represent how uncharismatic Kenny is.

-- Kenny's charisma or lack thereof has no place in a Wikipedia article. If you want to cite the 'study' (about which party leaders were more charismatic or approachable) that was done on a sample of about 30 people about a month ago and mentioned on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, by all means do. I'm no FG supporter, but have a scrap of decency. Ghostreveries 14:49, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Your first sentence is right of course. But as it happens EK was in our town this morning. I met him and he seemed pleasant and personable. But a few weeks ago Bertie was also here; I didn't meet him but people who did said just the same about him! The difficulty is that they all seem to be promising us the same thing - a brighter tomorrow. Millbanks 13:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I have a particular interest in cannibalism in the Mayo area and I am looking forward to Mr. Kenny's page becoming un-protected as I will have several contributions to make.

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I am slightly surprised that the image of Kenny has been removed. Kenny is the leader of the opposition in Dáil Eireann. That his page doesn't warrent a picture is unusual.User:104066481 18:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Picture added from my own collection. --104066481 (talk) 18:29, 27 January 2008 (UTC)