Bertie changes his tune on Charlie

THE Fianna Fáil árd fheis served one useful purpose — it illustrated perfectly how that party has retained its ambivalent attitudes towards low standards in high office.

The árd fheis passed a motion, almost unanimously, to “send its best wishes to the former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey.”

It is an insult to honest, hard-working people that FF should embrace a man who amassed 11 million in ‘donations’ on which he paid no tax, lied to the tribunals, lied to his own legal team, and lied to the Irish people.