Will Bertie write a new chapter on patriotism?

THE Taoiseach, Tánaiste, and the Minister for Finance have called on us all to be “patriotic” and to support Irish business in the current economic climate.

I wonder will they call on their former leader Bertie Ahern to do likewise?

Mr Ahern, a self-proclaimed patriot and man of the people, is reported to be in talks with Cornerstone Publishing — a US company based in Indiana — to publish his memoirs in a deal worth €400,000, about 12 times more than an average working person would earn in a year.