Bertie hints at Lord Mayor’s post

HE ran the country once and now, it seems, Bertie Ahern wants to run the capital.

The former Taoiseach appeared to drop a broad hint last night that he would like to be Lord Mayor of Dublin again — but only when the job has real powers.

Mr Ahern was mayor in 1986, but the position was largely a ceremonial one then and little has changed in the interim.