Bert-Mess Monster a real danger to logic

THE early spring sunshine that dappled Leinster House belied the chill temperature in the chamber where the thin ice Bertie Ahern was standing upon began to crack rapidly.

The Taoiseach assured the Dáil he wasn’t attempting to derail and delay the Mahon probe into him and his dramatically active bank accounts for any selfish reasons; oh no, he was doing it for the little-guy TDs who couldn’t stand up for themselves.

The self-righteous self- justification brought to mind the memory of a disgraced British politician who once boasted of battling a perceived injustice against him through the courts by wielding the “simple sword of truth and trusty shield of fair play”.