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Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (Irish: Parthalán Pádraig Ó hEachthairn, born 12 September 1951) is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7...
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Opinions and recommended stories about Bertie Ahern.
Bartholomew Patrick "Bertie" Ahern (Irish: Parthalán Pádraig Ó hEachthairn, born 12 September 1951) is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008.
Ahern has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 1977 and he represents the constituency of Dublin Central. He served in the governments of Charles Haughey and Albert Reynolds as Minister for Labour (1987–1991) and Minister for Finance (1991–1994). He also served briefly as Tánaiste after the break-up of Albert Reynolds' coalition government. In 1994 he was elected sixth leader of Fianna Fáil.
Ahern is currently involved in an enquiry into large payments made to him in the mid-1990s. This issue has seen him called before the Mahon Tribunal. As a result, in an address delivered to the media outside government buildings on the 2 April 2008, while highlighting the successes of his leadership, he announced his intention to resign the office of Taoiseach and as leader of Fianna Fáil. He duly resigned on 6 May 2008.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern walked a political middle ground Monday as he made the rounds of Washington to mark the feast day of his nation’s patron saint.
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welcomes Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, considers more than a dozen minor measures and a bill designed to increase worker protections against combustible dust.
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Bertie Ahern has taken issue with an account of one of his first official visits to London as Taoiseach. In the introduction to a new book about Oliver Cromwell, by Micheál Ó Siochrú, it is claimed that Mr Ahern stormed out of the office of the ...
Share Phase two of Bertie Ahern 's survival campaign as Taoiseach succeeded in turning Dail Eireann into a drab B movie set-piece. The Dail exchanges proved to be an anti-climax after Tuesday evening's Hollywood -style performance on RTE in which he ...
... "the country would be long broke -- we wouldn't have to wait for the banks", former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern observed yesterday. His comments were made at ...
Share THE head of a bank workers' union has urged Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to intervene immediately to prevent another "tiger" kidnapping. General Secretary of the Irish Bank Officials Association Larry Broderick said that "serious" government measures ...
Tony emigrated from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland in 1996, overstayed his tourist visa when it expired and set up a thriving floor installation business on Long Island. For a decade now, the New Hyde Park resident has been living in the shadows ...
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is set to exhibit his mastery of tactics when he takes on pupils at his former school in a game of chess. The ex-Fianna Fail leader will challenge students at St Patrick's Boys National School in Drumcondra, north Dublin ...
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern ( Irish : Pádraig Parthalán à hEachthairn , born 12 September 1951 ) is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June ...
Bertie Ahern, T.D., at the Charity Gala Ball in honour of Alan Doherty at Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny on Friday, 25 April, 2008 at 8pm; 25-4-2008   Speech by the Taoiseach ...