Dáil gets the picture as Bertie goes to the wall
Painted when he was Mr Boom, the man who has since become Ireland’s Mr Bust stares into the middle distance against a backdrop of the most tranquil blue in a portrait hung in Leinster House to honour his premiership, the last reminder of the Teflon Taoiseach.
And what timing for the muted unveiling — as taxpayers recoil at Ahern’s €270,000 expense bill, Fianna Fáil all but disowns him as he brands his former lackeys “good for nothings”, and the verdict of the Mahon corruption probe looms large on the horizon.
