Imagine what the tent talk was like ...

NOSEY hacks are not allowed into the Fianna Fáil tent so one can only imagine how folks must have caught up on what was a very interesting financial year for some of its patrons.

With his distinctly Inchicore drone, Brian Kerr would be at the bar to kick off the conversation with tales of two lost world cups.

First his dashed desire to manage South Africa for its home World Cup then his big lament on how he was just two games from taking Ireland to Germany.