Sad and messy end

The announcement by Bertie Ahern marks a sad and messy end to this politician's contribution to our politics and relative peace in recent years. As a qualified planner it also makes me reflect on the care required when working in town planning to ensure actions are above board. Ahern may have done wrong at the political-develper end of the spectrum and, for whatever reason, got himself in a pickle, and the self denials run contrary to the emerging evidence.