So it’s not just me!!

This afternoon on Newstalk/Lunchtime, Bertie’s “HISTORIC” speech was being discussed. Again.

Thankfully this time around there was less text-in-your-tale-of-weeping-to-the-sound-of-Bertie’s-voice nonsense, but the discussion did centre around what a miraculous moment this was for all of us and how proud we should be, not to mention how proud Bertie should be of himself(???!!!!!).

Then, the moment of sublime intervention from one of the panellists.

What’s all this nonsense lads, it was a crap speech.

Or, to quote the man (didn’t catch the name, I’m thinking Michael something?),

“It was statesmanlike - it said nothing”

And he’s right.

Before the speech, George Hook was talking about the Gettysburg address. Ahern himself referred to JFK.

But, while the speech was a perfectly reasonable synopsis of Irish history, there was nothing worth talking about - nothing worth debating, and certainly nothing worth quoting.

Admittedly his impending departure took a lot of the punch out of the speech, but given that at the very least some coverage of the speech was inevitable, surely it would have been the perfect opportunity to say something worth saying?