Lion in winter shows no sign of thawing out
He was gaunt, frail and his voice hoarse, diminished from the larger-than-life figure of old. Yet, he had not lost his roar.
Some suggest his iron grip of the party he personifies may be on the wane. But as he passed through the Merrion Street gates yesterday, he emphatically put lie to that supposition, placing himself at the centre of things.
