Extraordinary video footage from Enda Kenny’s meeting in Leitrim this evening by Newstalk journalist and national treasure Paraic Gallagher.

Video 1 – Video 2 – Video 3 – Video 4

Update

You can watch back the official Fine Gael Ustream video feed here. The sound is a bit scratchy and very low, but nice to see them starting to do more live video.

Update 2

RTE have Youtubed another video on the heckling. The heckler is named Bobby by unidentified handlers trying to shut him up.

Update 3
Boooo! Hoaxarama by Cllr Terry Ghusto. Beardy hecklers around the country are hurting.

I hate to poke my fingers in the eternal wound of Dublin media vs people who eat their dinner in the middle of the day. But I do love this picture. Via Enda Kenny on Twitter.

Last Thursday, in case you missed it, Joe Donnelly was on Tom Dunne’s Newstalk show talking about how he interviewed Enda Kenny just before the last general election. He dubbed the piece ‘Enda’s Dream’ – it’s full of L-M-A-O goodness.

Full credit to Joe for sharing it. Reproducing it here as Newstalk have yet to as a separate download and I don’t want it to get lost. Enjoy! (If you are reading this in a feed reader, open the post in a browser to see the audio embed)

Picture courtesy of finegael.ie and audio from Newstalk

Fine Gael National Press Office
Press Statement by Enda Kenny TD
Leader

Monday 8th February 2010

“I’m greatly saddened by George Lee’s decision to resign from Fine Gael and politics just eight months into his new Dáil career.

“In July I appointed George to Chair the Parliamentary Party’s Economic and Business Affairs Committee which all members of the Party could attend, and which  was designed to act as a core group in developing Fine Gael economic policy  for  the  next General Election. During a period of great political uncertainty when a  General Election seemed imminent George played a very important  role  in  Chairing  our Business and Economic Forums around the country  before Christmas.  These  played an integral part in planning our pre-Budget  submission.  George,  along with our other economic Spokesmen, planned  and presented that Fine Gael position to the media at Budget time. I  had  anticipated  a very important role for George in the coming period with Fine Gael after a time of settling into a new career in politics.

“As  part of our economic team George was due to attend the OECD later this week  together  with  a senior Fine Gael delegation. Regrettably that, and other  developments,  will  not  now  happen after George’s decision today.

While  I  regret  his  decision  I would like, on a personal level, to wish George and his family well in the future.”

Ends

Kenny was on Newstalk’s Breakfast with Claire and Ivan and got sucker punched on the issue of water charges.

Kenny was on a roll talking up Fine Gael’s successive opinion poll numbers until he was asked by a listener if he was in favour of water charges. After falling over his words, Kenny admitted that Fine Gael hasn’t a position on the reintroduction of water charges yet.

The water charges chatter comes about five minutes into this snippet from the show.

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