Bertie Ahern

• What seems to have gone unnoticed in Ireland is that the removal of Bertie Ahern from his bunker in north Dublin represents a great loss to the Irish language. During his time there, Drumcondra became almost 100pc Irish-speaking as a result of his unrelenting enthusiasm for the language he loves. While other politicians were feathering their own nests, Bertie was selflessly creating the first true suburban Gaeltacht.  

FORMER Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has handed over the keys to St Luke's and has vowed never to set foot again in the headquarters so closely associated with his career in politics.  

Bertie Ahern, the Prime Minister of Ireland visited the White House yesterday to commemorate St. Patrick's Day. Mr. Ahern makes this visit annually, for what he calls a "very substantial and useful meeting." Mr. Ahern started his speech by saying "Mr ...  

Mr Flynn resigned from the Fianna Fáil party at the end of March after the release of Mahon Tribunal Report prompted the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party propose a motion that he be expelled from the party, together with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.  

Disgraced former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern enjoyed another Good Friday agreement this year – with a vegetable plot. Just 14 years after he signed the historic Good Friday peace accord in Belfast, Ahern was discovered hard at work in an ...  

Although the Irish people are still angry over the findings of the Mahon Tribunal they’ve venting their rage through comedy in the form of inventive movie titles on Twitter. Last week Bertie Ahern, Ireland’s former Minister for Finance and ...  

The base of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern's constituency machine is to be handed back to Fianna Fail.Related StoriesEx-bank chief facing lawsuit threatPIP clinics 'are not accountable'RTE presenters face 30% pay cutDebt deal defers cash repayments1,000 jobs at threat, says Eircom  

Sightings of Bertie Ahern may be few and far between these days but his estranged wife Miriam keeps the good ship Ahern sailing. She travelled to Tramore last Tuesday with her sister Olive to have lunch with her old pal, Ian Galvin, at his lovely home in Tramore.  

A HERO publican had to save Bertie Ahern from a potential beating after a heckler started hurling abuse at him. Beaumont House bar boss Dermot Carew dragged the punter through the kitchen to get him away from the fallen ex-taoiseach. Bertie had dropped in ...  

The picture in question: a portrait of Bertie Ahern ... “I opine the enjoyment of this wonderful collection of photographs would be greatly enhanced for many people if Bertie with his 0.004 chance of getting the best spot in the show could be moved ...  

Q4 "advise multinationals, leading Irish companies and high potential firms". Their 'expert' team includes Jackie Gallagher, a former government special adviser to Bertie Ahern. Martin Mackin was the general secretary of Fianna Fail from 1998 to 2003 ...  

"Even when Haughey died, everyone who disliked him intensely, they all had a few nice words to say about him. "And there's Bertie Ahern who is being ostracised at the moment, God forbid, but his day will come too and they'll all stand up and speak highly of him.  

Bush chose Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a war czar. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern became the first Irish leader to address the joint houses of the British Parliament. Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive ...  

“It has damaged the image of our country and made a laughing stock out of us. Bertie Ahern thought that Stadium Ireland would be a monument to his memory, it has instead turned out to be a personal disaster for him.” It was a bit of a blunder, but what ...  

The new government rating is far lower than anything achieved by the Fianna Fáil-led governments during Bertie Ahern’s tenure from 1997 until 2008 while only the performance of the Brian Cowen government from November 2008 until February 2011 ...