Beaming ‘Dr Kenny’ receives honour at NUI Galway

Former taoiseach accepts tribute to value of public service and rules out presidency

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Enda Kenny with first-year students Seán Reynolds and Ellen Healy at NUI Galway where he received an honorary doctorate in laws. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy

Enda Kenny with first-year students Seán Reynolds and Ellen Healy at NUI Galway where he received an honorary doctorate in laws. Photograph: Joe O’Shaughnessy

“Do you like my cap?” beamed Enda Kenny as he stepped out on to NUI Galway’s quadrangle in university robes.

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