Taoiseach’s music megamix topped by canine classic

IT WAS his big chance to impress arts lovers but Taoiseach Bertie Ahern made a dog’s dinner of it by revealing a taste in music to make the critics whimper.

After being given a stage to present himself as highbrow and cultured, Bertie declared one of his all-time favourite songs to be: How Much Is That Doggy In The Window.

The Taoiseach was solo guest on RTÉ radio’s discerning arts programme, Rattlebag, where presenter Myles Dungan, more accustomed to hosting acclaimed authors and award-winning composers, found himself instead playing a kiddy classic.