Bertie Ahern

Ireland's former prime minister Bertie Ahern lied about bank deposits which led to his resignation, a landmark 15-year corruption probe concluded on Thursday.The Mahon Tribunal's investigation of the payments dating from the early 1990s prompted Ahern to quit office in May 2008 because he said the "incessant publicity" surrounding the probe made it impossible to do his job.The report, from the longest and most expensive public inquiry in Irish history, concluded that key aspects of Ahern's...Read Full Story

Ireland's former prime minister Bertie Ahern said Saturday he is resigning from his political party, Fianna Fail, after a landmark corruption probe found he lied about bank deposits.Ahern wrote in the Sunday Independent newspaper that he was challenging the findings of the inquiry, but did not want to be a source of division in the party and so had decided to tender his resignation.He said he was "deeply saddened" by the tabling of a motion to remove him as a party member, which will be voted...Read Full Story

Former Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern      Ahern and Gov. AmosunDisgraced former Ireland prime minister made N6.3 milli...Read Full Story

Former Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern      Ahern and Gov. AmosunDisgraced former Ireland prime minister made N6.3 milli...Read Full Story

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern lied about the source of substantial sums of money he received, an inquiry concluded on Thursday in a long-awaited report into the dealings of one of the architects of Ireland's ill-fated economic boom. The verdict comes four years after the economy collapsed under the strain of a decade-long housing and banking boom, cultivated by Ahern and his Fianna Fail party, and a year after the party was ejected from power by angry voters...Read Full Story

DUBLIN – A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received €209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption. Read More: Irish judges rule ex-Prime Minister Bertie Ahern took €209,779 ($276,000) in secret paymentsRead Full Story

Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received €209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office and repeatedly told lies about this under oath, a mammoth fact-finding investigation ruled Thursday in a long-awaited verdict. See original article: Judges: Ex-Irish leader Ahern took secret paymentsRead Full Story

DUBLIN - A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received €209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption.Read Full Story

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern lied about the source of substantial sums of money he received, an inquiry concluded on Thursday in a long-awaited report into the dealings of one of the architects of Ireland's ill-fated economic boom.Read Full Story

AFP - Former Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern announced Thursday that he was quitting politics after 33 years in parliament, including nearly 11 as premier.Read Full Story