Whilst I don't disagree with you, arguably much worse accusations can be levelled at many SF members, north and south.
+1+1, the whole point of "moving on" was that all sides had to bite the bullet.
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The only area where Bertie did well was on Northern Ireland.
Anyone know whatever happened to Bertie Ahern ?
Is he in hiding?
Purple, fixed it for you....
All the rest of them weren’t the worst leader this country has had since Cromwell took over.He is a backbench TD, do you wonder about all the rest of them too?
Coat tailing the work done by Garret Fitzgerald, CJH, John Bruton, Albert Reynolds and Dick Spring as well as people like Liz O’Donnell and Martin Mansergh.To his credit - he did a great job with Northern Ireland.
Rubbish. He screwed up the country by buying everybody off and getting rid of anyone who was a threat or might have cost him votes.The Irish media are unfair to him ignoring the world ecomomic situation & the lack of global banking regulations.
I have heard the Irish media being critical of Alan Greenspan but Bertie gets more column inches and air time because he was in charge. He inherited a country that had been build on sound economic management from last Fianna Fail government under CJ right through to the Rainbow Coalition and the Reynolds/Spring government and he utterly wrecked it.You won't hear Irish media being critical of Alan Greenspan.
But you hear moaning and cribbing about Bertie.
I despise him for what he has done to this country and I despised him when he was doing it.
I'm meek, I inherited the earth.You inherited the country?
I agree, so what?The FG and Labour manifestos prior to the last election were all spend, spend & more spend.
The Labour party aree completely revisionist.
People demanded spend, spend + spend.
I didn't. I've been moaning and shouting and annoying people and forcing my opinions about Bertie on them since to shafted Albert. Lots of other people said the same thing. What FG said in opposition is not the point; party in opposition don't have to make the hard decisions, they make populist noises ‘till they get into power.The Irish people and political classes were in a state on oblivian with the Celtic Tiger. People demanded spend, spend + spend.
People bought into the whole Celtic Tiger hype.
People together with politicians lost the run of themselves.
Ah yes, the obligitory "what about sinn fein". My bad. I almost forgot it.Whilst I don't disagree with you, arguably much worse accusations can be levelled at many SF members, north and south.
Ah yes, the obligitory "what about sinn fein". My bad. I almost forgot it.
He is the worst leader we have had since independence. If economic treason was a crime he’s hang.
The global banking crisis is not his fault.
All my old schools got big extensions whilst he was Taoiseach.
Compare unemployment and GDP under Ahern and other leaders.
Facts are - very few saw thru the frenzy. That was the mistake.
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