Sir, – Frank McNally ("Alphabet Soup", An Irishman's Diary, September 25th) reminds us of some of the endearing language usage of our former leader Bertie Ahern.
A favourite of mine is one quoted in your “This Week They Said” in February 2008. Answering a question about his tax affairs in the Dáil, Mr Ahern said, “It is not correct, and if I said so, I wasn’t correct, so I can’t recall if I did say it, but I did not say, or if I did say it, I didn’t mean to say it, that these issues could not be dealt with until the end of the Mahon tribunal. That is not what Revenue said”. – Yours, etc,
DENIS RYAN,
Terenure,
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Dublin.