International media disagree and press the corruption button

THE international press must have tuned out after 1,369 words of Bertie Ahern’s departure speech.

They noted his political longevity, his piloting of the economic boom and his status as Broker-in-Chief for the Good Friday Agreement.

But almost all failed to heed his warning that only a “simplistic analysis” would link his decision to call it a day to the Mahon Tribunal’s trawl through his financial records.