Could there possibly be a littlebit of Bertie in all of us?

To be fair about it, a former leader of Fianna Fáil told the truth once; and perhaps the truest statement ever issued by any political leader in history — “He’s the most skilful, the most cunning, the most devious of them all”.

Charlie Haughey’s political nomenclature, describing the man he knew only too well, deserves now to become Bertie Ahern’s political obituary.

Ahern will, of course, remain in profound denial. But can this victim of Bertie make something clear, for the historical record; Bertie Ahern said on leaving the Taoiseach’s office that he had “Done no wrong or wronged no one”.