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Thu 12 Dec 2007Why Bertie needs a girlfriend

The time has come for Bertie to go out with Carla Bruni. He needs her. Carla seems like a nice girl. Bertie could do with a bit of diversion; at this stage we all could, writes Ann Marie Hourihane.

The signs are that Carla will work well for the man we Irish Timescolumnists like to call her latest squeeze, Nicolas Sarkozy.

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