Bertie Ahern rejoins Fianna Fail

Gerry won't be standing in any Presidential election.

don't get the fuss about Bertie, he gets to meet the cumann lads for a pint, and maybe be rolled out for a wave now and then at some public meetings, but won't have any influence over anything. Strange to see that it is opposition supporters getting all excited about this, I thought some FF people might have something to say.

That is your opinion, but I am more interested in whether they are welcoming or not. Not everyone in the country thinks the government is doing a bad job, and it would be interesting to see what FF voters and members think of this.

What exactly was the issue with this - was the idea shot down just so someone could have another political pot shot at bertie...

Plenty capital cities worldwide have a large stadium or two

Berties return poses a difficult decision for people who gave their sixth or seventh preference to FF just to keep out SF.

Was it Bertie who said "It was a political donation, for personal use" is that ethical

Well if it hadda wentin' earlier, it wouldda wentin' quicker.

The point here is that if you tolerate a criminal who accepted bribes being admitted back into the party he carried out his illegal activities in you'll accept anything. I honestly believe that corruption in Ireland went on far too long because people felt they deserve it.

id vote for bertie.

vote to have a bullet put in the center of his head.

fucking rat.

What the fcuk is it with people involved in politics in this country ? are they all criminals before they became politicians or did being a politician make them become criminals ?

It's hard to imagine a decision which ccould be more depictive of FF contemptuously raising their middle finger to the Irish people than this.

I think, and hope, it'll be a catastrophic error on their part.

He was never asked the right questions. I mean a finance minister without a bank account. One questions pops to mind. "so bertie how did your wage get paid when you were working as Minister of Finance eh by cash when everyone elses is paid into a bank account". The man is an absolute disgrace and has a neck like a jockeys b0ll0x I hope he runs for president as I think anyone who survived through the 08 crash will vote for anyone but him so ABB (Anyone but Bertie). IMO he should of stayed gone as he will be asked some very hard questions and if he doesn't answer straight it will do untold damage to FF which is great .