Trouble and strife as Harney goes Rabbitte hunting

WITH her Cabinet old man Bertie Ahern barely out of the country, Mary Harney last night unleashed another bout of shameless political flirting towards an opposition leader.

In November, while the Taoiseach was safely away on business in the Balkans, the Tánaiste casually trashed her partner in Government of eight years in a bid to tempt Fine Gael’s Enda Kenny into a post-election union.

On that occasion, the brooding Mayo man made it clear he would be having none of her come-ons.