Taoisigh past and present press the public’s flesh

LEADERS of the political kind were the order of the day as the second day of the Galway Races passed off almost without a drop of rain.

Whereas Monday had leaders of a sporting nature hitting the parade ring, yesterday it was the turn of taoisigh past and present to grace the Ballybrit turf.

You have to be somebody of note if photographers huddle around to get a shot of a middle aged man in a suit and so it was yesterday as former leaders Albert Reynolds and Bertie Ahern along with Brian Cowen all turned out.