Marc MacSharry (born 12 July 1973) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a member of Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel since September 2002. He was first elected in 2002 and was appointed seanad spokesperson on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. He was re-elected in 2007. He was educated in Sligo and at Castleknock College in Dublin. He is the son of Ray MacSharry, the former Fianna Fáil minister and European Commissioner.

Before the general election in 2011 Marc MacSharry was appointed to the Fianna Fáil front bench on 31 January by the new leader Micheál Martin. He was appointed spokesperson for Tourism and Arts. MacSharry was a candidate at the general election of February 2011, where he contested the seat of Sligo–North Leitrim but was not elected. He was re-elected to the Seanad in April 2011 and was appointed Fianna Fail seanad spokesperson for Health.

Enda Kenny (born 24 April 1951) is an Irish Fine Gael politician, and has been the Taoiseach since 2011. He has led Fine Gael since 2002. He served as Minister for Tourism and Trade from 1994 to 1997. He is also a two-term Vice President of the European People's Party.

Kenny has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Mayo since 1975, having succeeded his father Henry Kenny. He is the longest-serving TD currently in Dáil Éireann, which makes him the incumbent Father of the Dáil.

Kenny led Fine Gael in the 2011 general election. He subsequently brokered an agreement with the Labour Party and formed a coalition government on 9 March 2011. He is Fine Gael's first Taoiseach since John Bruton from 1994 to 1997, and the first Fine Gael leader to win government in an election since Garret FitzGerald in 1982.

Enda Kenny was born in the village of Islandeady near Castlebar, County Mayo in 1951, the third child of five. He was educated locally at St. Patrick's National School in Cornanool and St. Gerald's College (De La Salle) in Castlebar. Kenny subsequently attended St Patrick's College of Education in Dublin and University College Galway. He briefly worked as a primary school teacher, and is a Gaeilgeoir.