Taoiseach under fire - Tribunal puts FF credibility in question

AT the best of times, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s use of the English language can be perplexing.

But his statement to the Dáil yesterday included a Freudian slip of monumental proportions that will inevitably be greeted up and down the country by knowing smiles, nods and winks.

Challenged by Deputy Trevor Sergeant of the Green Party to say what he intended to do about revelations that two Oireachtas members failed to tell an internal party inquiry about money they received from developers, the Taoiseach replied: “I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.”