Few in Irish public life are better at telling stories

AS he so often proved while giving evidence to the Mahon corruption probe, few people in Irish public life are better at telling stories than Bertie Ahern.

And so he again showed at a sumptuous gathering in Dublin’s Mansion House last night where his autobiography was launched as he strode centre stage once more.

The former Taoiseach used his speech to denounce those who today try to rewrite history regarding his decade in charge – which was deliciously ironic is that is exactly what many reviewers have said his new tome does.