May 3rd

Bertie comes out fighting

In the left corner we had Vincent Browne, in the right Bertie Ahern. For once Bertie decided to answer Vincents questions. The crowd cheered Bertie's robust but meaningless responses. Fianna Fail feel they have turned a corner. I think they probably have. Berties style was good. Yet one is left with the disturbing image of a briefcase with £30k in cash handed to Bertie by a businessman three days before he was to become Taoiseach....

We have a forgiving and forgetting electorate. Bar new revelations, Bertie may even get a bounce....