Martin leads a shared confessional moment for post-purge Fianna Fáil

THE official title of the Fianna Fáil ard fheis was Empowering the Grassroots.

The unofficial title, of course, was Dancing on Ice.

Particularly when Bertie arrived. Like the parting of the Red Sea it was, some of the lads falling over themselves to get their picture taken with him and others hiding behind curtains and on fire escapes to preclude the very possibility. The snappers, of course, tracked him everywhere in the hope of getting him and the current leader together in a photograph. God love Micheál Martin, he hit new heights in choreography, steering clear of Bertie on the one hand and Dev Óg on the other.