This week the former senior minister made a social media video promoting staycations in Fingal bare chested that went viral. The message was lost to Richard ‘Vladamir’ Bruton’s abs. Even Tánaiste Leo Varadkar was distracted by them, tweeting “Don’t let Richard’s beach bod put you off availing of the Government’s Stay and Spend initiative this autumn!”

But how do you look that good in your 60’s let alone 40s? Henry McKean has been trying to replicate Richard Bruton’s Staycation in Fingal without the six pack.

Coming into the bank holiday weekend Richard Bruton’s Abs were the talk of the town as the rain fell, Over 400,000 people have watched the Fine Gael twitter video. Henry met these secret admirers in their 60s in the thunder and lightning, probably brought on by the titillation.