Ireland's Kenny Starts Election Campaign in 'Brexit' Shadow

Irish prime minister names February 26 as polling day
Irish-German bond spread expands to widest since September

Enda Kenny.
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By Joe Brennan

February 3, 2016 at 8:12 AM UTC

Updated on

February 3, 2016 at 2:03 PM UTC

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Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny fired the starting gun in his campaign to win a second straight term, in the first election since the nation exited an international bailout program over two years ago.

In Dublin on Wednesday, Kenny, 64, named election day as Feb. 26, almost five years after he swept to power amid the worst recession in the nation’s modern history.