BERTIE & Co probably don’t care — as nowadays you can fly almost anywhere from Dublin — but for the people of Cork, the almost certain decision by the Government not to foot the bill for the new terminal is going to make a big difference. And for the worst.

SO now we know. Bertie has issued his edict. There is no more room at the inn for party dissenters and true democracy within Fianna Fáil appears to have suffered a fatal blow.