Even the walls were sweating – and it was a Saturday evening, so formal dress protocols normally don’t apply. But things are different when you’re a former Taoiseach of a certain generation. It was the Pipers Corner pub on Dublin’s Marlborough Street a week ago, and Enda Kenny was suited and booted. The only concession to what would be a momentous weekend for his native Mayo was an old school green and red knotted band around his neck. Raidió na Gaeltachta were broadcasting from the bar with most of their guests having either Kerry or Mayo connections. Waiting patiently behind Kenny…

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