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Then taoiseach Bertie Ahern and many leading commentators continued to extol the strength of the Irish economy, but by November 2011, Dublin house prices had more than halved and the country’s banking sector decimated. The prediction: ‘The stock market... Full Article at Citywire.co.uk
In 2007, the long held dreams of the Green Party to enter government became reality as they became a key part of Bertie Ahern’s Coalition. However, the dream soon turned into a nightmare as economic collapse and political chaos descended on the island,... Full Article at New Island
Media attend a press conference attended by former UN General Secretary and Peace Nobel, Kofi Annan, former Irish Primer Minister Bertie Ahern, Northern Irish Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, Norwegian Prime Minister, Gro Harlem Brutland, French Pierre Joxe... View Photo »
I believe a grave injustice has been done to me
“The Government has misled the Football Association of Ireland and the Scottish Football Association,” said Labour’s Pat Rabbitte at the time. “It has damaged the image of our country and made a laughing stock out of us. Bertie Ahern thought that... Full Article at Irish Times
Tianjin Municipality in north China. Wen met respectively with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, former Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo, Singaporian Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, former Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Haji... Full Article at SINA English
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From left to right, British diplomat Jonathan Powell, Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, former UN General Secretary and 2001 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan, former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland... View Photo »
It is a matter of profound personal and professional regret to see confirmed in this report the extent to which Bertie Ahern fell short of the standard of personal behaviour which is expected of the holders of high office.
Even Ireland’s government seemed to relish the “greed is good” mentality. “The boom is getting boomier,” said then-Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, who suggested doomsayers should consider suicide rather than “talking down the economy.” But Ireland’s bull... Full Article at Toronto Star
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The Independent TD Michael Lowry has been discredited by two tribunals and defied a Dáil motion calling on him to esign. Yet he insists his financial dealings are no different from most people’s and that he will not be chased out of politics by the media. Full Article at Irish Times
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern (Irish: Pádraig Parthalán Ó hEachthairn, born 12 September 1951) is an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008. Full Article At Wikipedia.org
I believe a grave injustice has been done to me
It is a matter of profound personal and professional regret to see confirmed in this report the extent to which Bertie Ahern fell short of the standard of personal behaviour which is expected of the holders of high office.
The last thing I want to do, given that I have now retired as a public representative, is to be a source of political division in the party I care so deeply about
Fianna Fail owes nothing to Bertie Ahern but Bertie Ahern owes everything to Fianna Fail
It would be far easier for me to say nothing and try to forget about this nightmare. But I can't allow this blemish on my character to go unanswered
In a dramatic escalation of the confrontation between cabinet and the Mahon Tribunal, a government minister last night accused the inquiry of acting outside its terms of reference in its inquiries into the financial affairs of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
I have decided the best way that I can now serve Fianna Fail is to tender my resignation as a member of the party
I believed what Bertie Ahern said at that time to the tribunal and I was wrong, and I was disappointed, and I am disappointed.
After spending over a decade of inquiries and countless millions of euros, the tribunal has not made - nor could it make - a finding to support the scurrilous and untrue allegation allegation that I had been given a corrupt payment by Mr Owen O'Callaghan
You look at who were the big powers in the land at that time: Mr Haughey was taoiseach; Mr Reynolds was minister for finance; Mr Flynn was minister for the environment; Ray Burke was minister for justice; Bertie Ahern was minister for labour; and Liam Lawlor was a big beast on the back benches
I am disappointed that the tribunal has said that I failed to give a truthful account
I believed what Bertie Ahern said at that time and I was wrong. I’m disappointed but at the time I felt he was giving an account…I hadn’t gone through the entirety of report. You’re saying I should know what it took tribunal 15 years to unravel.
I have never received a corrupt payment and I have never done anything to demean any office I have held
Achievements like the Good Friday Agreement are real and enduring but they cannot absolve Bertie Ahern from facing the implications of this report. The motion of expulsion which will be voted on next Friday is the only route available to us to assert the fact that he fell short of the standard of person...
Mr Ahern is reviewing the final report of the Mahon Tribunal and will issue a statement in due course.
Although the central allegation against Bertie Ahern was not sustained, the evidence confirmed by the Tribunal and its comments relating to him are extremely serious
However, in 2007/2008 at a time when this tribunal was inquiring into matters relating to Mr Bertie Ahern, the then Taoiseach, it came under sustained and virulent attack from a number of senior government ministers who questioned, inter alia the legality of its inquiries as well as the integrity of its...
This is the same Bertie Ahern who gave the performance of a lifetime when he told his sob story on RTÉ, and has now been found to be totally lacking in credibility
I’m waiting for the day the tribunal is going to go back to Bertie Ahern and question him about his First Communion money.
In the manner in which he received this money while holding high office and in the giving of rejected evidence to a sworn tribunal Bertie Ahern betrayed the trust placed in him by this country and this party
I’m waiting for the day that the tribunal goes back to Bertie Ahern’s First Communion money and starts questioning whether he got it in notes or coins or whether he put it in a real bank or a piggy bank or did he get a half crown from Owen O’Callaghan
Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received at least €209,000 in secret payments while in office, and repeatedly told lies about this under oath.
Ireland's ex-prime minister Bertie Ahern lied about bank deposits which led to his resignation
I joined the party after Bertie Ahern’s time, and actually after Brian Cowen’s time as well. I haven’t met them and I have no link to them.
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Bertie Ahern and Ireland: Mr Ahern, for his part, is reported as having said that the ICCC would strive to promote exchanges and co-operation between Ireland and Anhui province.
Bertie Ahern and Libya: Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern met Gaddafi on the fringes of an EU-Africa summit in 2000, and pressed him to re-open the export beef trade between Ireland and Libya.
Bertie Ahern and Bulgaria: Member of the famous 'inner circle' of Ahern's St Luke's HQ behind dealNial Ring, a member of the famous St Luke's inner circle that surrounded Bertie Ahern, is launching a major windfarm project in Bulgaria.
Bertie Ahern and China: In China, local media reporting of the delegation, headed up by former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern last April, states that it was established in 2009 with the aim of "promoting understanding and partnership" between the two countries.
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