Taoiseach will pay women no mind in Lackawanna

BERTIE AHERN will get a special welcome on his way to St Patrick’s Day ceremonies in Washington next month when he stops off in the Pennsylvanian county of Lackawanna.

Or should that be Lackawoman?

The Taoiseach will be guest speaker at the annual dinner of the Friendly Sons of St Patrick who, as their name suggests, are a men-only outfit which has successfully resisted female involvement for 103 years.