Bertie Ahern has handed in his notice to the President. And so comes to an end an era. Apart from Gerry Adams, who has effectively departed anyway, Bertie Ahern was the last of the Good Friday Agreement leaders to leave. He follows in the footsteps of Hume, Trimble and Blair.
Of course, now begins a new era in Irish politics, north and south. Peter Robinson is to take over at the helm of the DUP and we already have Gordon Brown installed as British Prime Minister. The recent problems for the latter will undoubtedly raise questions about whether his two counterparts in Ireland will have similar problems following in the footsteps of such high-profile predecessors. It will be a while yet before we know, with no elections on either side of the border scheduled until next year. In the meantime, we can sit back and watch how things develop.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Adios Bertie
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3 comments:
Goodbye Bertie - I won't miss him! but no doubt like Ian Paisley Snr he will be raised to the sainthood!
Adams is departing immimently- rumour has it Conor Murphy is taking over and Martina Anderson of Derry will take over Regional Development - now that will be fun she will be a good side kick for 'Blunder Woman' Ruane!
You don't really think that this is the beginning of a new era do you? Robinson and Cowen aren't that different ideologically from their predecessors and besides, the role of personality in politics is much overstated one thinks.
Well in the case of Cowan and Robinson - yes!
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