Bertie baffles Czechs with election canvassing

“JESUS — IT’S BERTIE!” The astonished cry rang out over the Charles Bridge in Prague.

Bertie Ahern didn't miss a beat and said: "Howya ladies" to the three Dublin matrons who had greeted him as if he'd just bumped into them in Drumcondra.

In canvas mode he smiled profusely as he listened to them, nodding sympathetically when one told of how her purse was stolen.