Will Bertie fly the coop for his next role?

BERTIE AHERN’S next career move is already a talking point for the bookies, some of whom, more in play than prescience, are giving odds on the likelihood of him turning up behind the counter at Fagan’s.

But not even the dilemma the outgoing Taoiseach will find himself in professionally come May 6 is likely to see him resorting to pulling pints at his favourite local watering hole.

It is, however, a considerable dilemma. At 56, and with the energy of one half his age, he is too young for retirement, even though he has handsome pensions to support him.