Irish Economic Meltdown: It Wasn’t Fianna Fail’s Responsibility!

Even by the lofty standards of delusional politicians, Bertie Ahern remains a man apart. The former Taoiseach who once boasted that “the boom times are getting boomier” has a novel theory to explain Ireland’s economic bust: it was the fault of the newspapers. Apparently they were too interested in writing about the curious way in which Bertie’s life was funded by a number of generous and wealthy pals and businessmen. If they hadn’t been persecuting the cutest hoor on the northside perhaps they’d have noticed what else was going on. Really, this is what the man says:

Bertie Ahern has called for an investigation into the media for what he said were failures to follow the economy because journalists were more concerned with following his dealings with the Mahon tribunal.   Mr Ahern said that from the time he began evidence to the tribunal, the media “just stopped following the economy”.In an interview on Dublin City University’s radio station DCU FM, he said: “There should be an investigation into it.