Bertie performs poorly as a criminal detective

IN the fallout from the Northern Bank heist, Sinn Féin and the IRA have not come up smelling of roses. But as someone who believes in due process I am willing to reserve judgement until Bertie’s evidence is publicised.

However, given that he was at one point up every tree in north Dublin and could not find evidence that Ray Burke took corrupt payments, I cannot really value his opinion on criminal matters.

Now that Burke has been convicted and is behind bars I can only conclude that Bertie’s powers of detection must be more akin to those of Inspector Clouseau than Poirot.