He's entitled to a State funeral as a former Taoiseach, regardless of anything else. What's BIH? EDIT - Oh. Just got it.
absolute disgrace the guy was a common thief! Nobody had a good word to say about him for the last 20 years and as soon as he dies its all "what a loving kind gentle ambassador this saint of the emerald isle he was" bollocks....probably the worst polititian in the history of this great country.