Jaysus, Anyone with half a brain knew he was as corrupt as his predecessor (for whom he was Minister for Finance!): the jockey’s-bollix-necked wanna-be emperor of Ireland, Charles Haughey! And yet FFers wd bring him back in a heartbeat. Plus ça change…
A lot of people have corruption priced in as just part of being in power and I think for FFers, the Bertie years was the last time they really felt good about where the party was so they have a lot of nostalgia!
( Bowie voice) Do they remember ....the bills we had to pay for living yesterday
I remember him doing his LAP OF HONOUR, telling us we were talking ourselves into a recession and then the crash came. He's the epitome of old-skool FF. "Feather your nest and fuck the begrudgers"