Opinion: Come on Enda, the Irish public knows a stroke when it sees one

I spotted former taoiseach Bertie Ahern at the launch of the book on the late Brian Lenihan in Dublin during the week.

It must have been nice for the Lenihan family to see such a huge turnout. Bertie got in early but I suspect he does that on most occasions now though, apart from matches in Croke Park – in and out fast so as not to allow anyone time to launch any sort of an attack.

I wondered as I saw him walking out though, was he looking in at Leinster House (the National Library shares railings with our parliament building) and thinking that whatever else may have gone wrong for him, he excelled at party politics. Did he think that maybe Enda Kenny could do with some lessons in being taught how to suck a few political eggs? God knows the Taoiseach could do with the help.