BERTIE ON BERTIE

A selection of quotes from the former taoiseach, compiled by Political Correspondent Conor Ryan

“Politics is rough, tough, hard. And it’ll never be any other way. And you’ll never get the views and the policies you would like to see done. There’s far too many compromises and gains, you have too many things with you.

“And there’s too many knockers, too many people looking for holes in what you do. I don’t see myself doing it forever. If you ask me, would I like to be here in 10, in 15 years’ time, I think I would have to say no.”