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<\/dt>\n- Enda Kenny receives his seal of office from President Mary McAleese<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
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Enda Kenny’s supporters welcomed him home to Mayo as the new Taoiseach on Saturday night.<\/p>\n
The Taoiseach flew in from Belgium on a government jet for his homecoming.<\/p>\n
They lit bonfires and floated two Chinese lanterns in the night sky in honour of the special occasion.<\/p>\n
The new Taoiseach Kenny, his wife Fionnuala, daughter Aoibhinn, 18, and sons Ferdia, 16, and Naoise, 14, were delighted by the display as sparks soared into a darkening sky almost on their doorstep.<\/p>\n
Mr Kenny told his neighbours that his family had no intention of leaving\u00a0Castlebar,Mayo. “We’re staying put,” he said.<\/p>\n
Then, referring to the 24-hour garda security which will be around his home from now onwards, Mr Kenny joked: “The members of the blue brigade on the road will see you are all well protected from now onwards -so get your driving licences and insurance.”<\/p>\n
Mr Kenny spent yesterday with his family and went to visit his mother Eithne, 92, who is resident in a local nursing home.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Mr Kenny said his mother had been delighted to watch Wednesday’s Leinster House proceedings on television.<\/p>\n
“Her mind is very intact,” he said. “She is fully with us in that sense.”<\/p>\n