Storm in a tea cup

From Breaking News:

A minister today quizzed the Opposition over reports it urged the gagging of the Taoiseach at the European Parliament. Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern called on Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny to issue an immediate statement of clarification on what he termed “an unfortunate affair.” The move comes following reports that Fianna Fáil accused Fine Gael of trying to gag Bertie Ahern by asking the European Parliament to withdraw his invitation to speak there next month.

But does anyone really care whether or not Bertie speaks in Europe or not? And if this was true why would Fine Gael think that anyone would care.