
Enda Kenny is to step down as leader of Fine Gael at midnight tonight.
He will stay on as acting leader of the party and as Taoiseach as the contest to succeed him gets under way.
Sources at Leinster House have confirmed to theJournal.ie that Christina Finn that the parliamentary party will vote for his successor on Friday, June 2 – just ahead of the bank holiday weekend.
Here we take a look at some of the images from some of Enda Kenny’s trips to Laois over the years.
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Enda Kenny in Laois
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An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with NPA chairman James Sutton; Sean Daly, judge and Anna May McHugh NPA Managing Director at the ploughing in Ratheniska.
Picture; Alf Harvey/hrphoto.ie
Site owners david and Louise O'Dwyer with An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD at Heathpark, New Ross for ploughing 2012.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with Anna May McHugh, NPA managing director; Bridget O'Connor-O'Dwyer and her family with James Sutton, NPA chairman at Heathpark, New Ross for ploughing 2012.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with Anna May McHugh, NPA managing director; Bridget O'Connor-O'Dwyer (site owner) and James Sutton, NPA chairman at Heathpark, New Ross for ploughing 2012.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
Enda Kenny was a popular person at the National Ploughing Championships in Athy.
Picture: Alf Harvey.

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny with four year old Orla Creery, Stradbally on his walkabout in Laois Shopping Centre, Portlaoise to promote a Yes vote in the Fiscal Union Treaty.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny on his walkabout in Laois Shopping Centre, Portlaoise to promote a Yes vote in the Fiscal Union Treaty.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny discusses Shane Hospital with Paddy Buggy while in Portlaoise to promote a Yes vote in the Fiscal Union Treaty.
Picture: Alf Harvey.
An Taoiseach Enda Kenny with Offaly IFA chairman Joe Parlon; Laois IFA chairman Pat Hennessy; Ger Bergin IFA; Mairead McGuinness MEP and Laois/Offaly TD's Marcella Corcoran Kennedy and Charles Flanagan in Portlaoise to promote a Yes vote in the Fiscal Union Treaty.
Picture: Alf Harvey.