Sir, - It is interesting to note that the date on which Albert Reynolds was cruelly rejected by Fianna Fail for the Presidency coincides with the date on which the Catholic Church celebrates the memory of the martyr Albert of Jerusalem.
There is no doubt Albert Reynolds walked his "via crucis" on that eventful date. The gnarled physiognomies of certain Reynolds supporters after the meeting told the real story and no clumsy circumlocution by his opponents will remove the scent of Machievellian behaviour. The activities of those who betrayed Reynolds could be accurately described in lines from Ariosto's Or- lando Furioso:
"Although they gave their aid at first
They secretly contrived to do their worst".- Yours, etc.,
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