All bets would be certainly off now if Bertie had stayed in office

THE tribunal was back as the most popular show in Dublin this week. But this time it was not as a drama but as pure farce.

It provided insight into why Bertie Ahern announced his decision in early April to step down as Taoiseach.

If he had not stepped down when he did, people would now be clamouring for him to go because the original tale Bertie told to RTÉ’S Brian Dobson in October 2006 is now in tatters.