Globetrotter Bertie gets bogged down at home

BERTIE Ahern roared back into the Dáil Chamber for the first day of term yesterday, basking in a mild orange glow from his recent sell-out tour of India and sporting all the energy of the Hindu god Ganesh.

Ganesh - as we all know - is the elephant-headed master of clarity, wisdom and success.

So the Taoiseach’s pinpoint accuracy with words was soon dazzling the deputies still frazzled from their meagre 41-day Christmas break.