Herr McDowell succumbs to dictates of reason

SOON Michael McDowell will run out of Nazi and communist comparisons for the sinister forces lined up against him.

Bertie (when he was on the other side in 2002) was a Ceaucescu-like despot with his Bertie Bowl. Daily Ireland was likened to the Volkischer Beobachter, Hitler’s fanzine.

The Irish Examiner became Uncle Joe’s Pravda for challenging an anti-Sinn Féin rant of Mr McDowell.