Bertie Ahern to go before investment conference

An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern’s,  resignation on the 6th of May brings to a close a period of speculation and uncertainty in the South. Ahern has done the right thing and will be able to look back on his decade at the helm as a period of more better times than worse. His role in the peace process will never be taken away from him. His engaging personality and colloquial leadership style endeared him to the nation. By going now he will have protected himself from having much of his legacy dragged into question.

What is notable from a Northern perspective is that he will leave office the day before the US investment conference in Belfast which he had been due to attend. This is an unwelcome sign that things may not be going great for Invest Northern Ireland and that the conference is now being shunted into the political sidings. That can only be bad news for everyone in Northern Ireland. 

I’ll post a considered piece at a later date.