A bit of generosity is required here. Why begrudge the humble public servant his one shot at goal, the picture of himself, and Joe at An Teach Ban, Casablanca, Maison Blanc, Albayt alabyad, White House, to put on the fambly mantelpiece beside JFK, and The Sacred Heart. His one, and only, chance of definitive proof of his Taoiseachship, before the big heave in FF.