‘Politically, a dead man walking’

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern is a “dead man walking” politically, Green Party leader Trevor Sargent claimed yesterday.

Mr Ahern failed to tell the truth last autumn, deceived both Tánaiste Michael McDowell and the Irish people in the process, and was facing the consequences, according to Mr Sargent.

“The Taoiseach’s deceptions have put his own party in a very weak position and has made it very difficult for any party to do business with him. Politically, he is a dead man walking,” Mr Sargent said.