Irish prime minister stuck in elevator for 10 minutes

Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny was touring a new food plant on Thursday when the tour came to an unexpected stop.

Kenny and two of his cabinet ministers were trapped in an elevator at a food plant in Kildare, Ireland, for 10 minutes before they were freed, BBC reported.

Reporter Richard Chambers tweeted a string of amusing updates on the incident.

Ten minutes later, the men were freed from their iron prison.

Chambers tweeted that cabinet minister Jimmy Deenihan said the elevator was a "good meeting room."

At least the ordeal ended in the "beverage suite."

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