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Bartholomew Patrick " Bertie " Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1994 to 2008, Leader of the Opposition from 1994 to 1997, Tánaiste and Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht from November 1994 to December 1994, Deputy Leader of ...
May 24, 2024 · Bertie Ahern was the taoiseach (prime minister) of Ireland from 1997 to 2008. Ahern was educated at St. Aidan’s Christian Brothers secondary school, Rathmines College of Commerce, University College in Dublin, and the London School of Economics, obtaining degrees in taxation, business.
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Apr 10, 2023 · Bertie Ahern says he should have taken constitutional challenge against planning tribunal. Ahern’s return to Fianna Fáil as an ordinary member last December and his prior admission that he had...
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Ahern’s return to Fianna Fáil will ramp-up speculation that he will seek the party’s nomination for the Irish presidency in 2025. However, when asked about such a scenario in Washington yesterday, the Irish Times reportsthat Martin said: “Nothing like that has been discussed. That is just speculation. He just wanted to re-join his local cumann and ...
The Mahon Tribunal was set up by Dáil Eireann in 1997 to investigate allegations of corrupt payments to politicians over planning decisions. Initially, it began investigating claims of payments to Fianna Fáil Minister Ray Burke. Although Burke denied the allegations, he resigned from Cabinet and the Dáil. Following on from hearings into this and ot...
In its final report in March 2012, the Mahon Tribunal rejected much of Ahern’s evidence. While it accepted his claim that he didn’t have a bank account for years between 1987 and 1993, it rejected his assertion that he had built up around £54,000 in savings by the time. In all, the Tribunal said that he did not truthfully account for payments of £1...
Ahern was instrumental in peace process negotiations in Northern Ireland that resulted in the Good Friday Agreement being signed on 10 April 1998. Amid speculation that US President Joe Biden and other notable politicians are set to visit Ireland in April to mark the 25th anniversary of the landmark agreement, many people expected Ahern to rejoin F...
Ahern was largely absent from political life for some time but in recent years has reemerged is some likely, and unlikely, roles. In 2019, he served as the Chairman of the Bougainville Referendum Commission – helping to oversee a referendum in which the region voted for independence from Papua New Guinea. Ahern has also positioned himself as a comm...
Nov 30, 2016 · Bertie Ahern, a 25- year-old accounts clerk at the Mater hospital in Dublin, stands for Fianna Fáil in the three-seat constituency of Dublin-Finglas. A native of Drumcondra, he is from...
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Bertie Ahern was seen by the British as a secretive, pragmatic dealmaker during the peace process but also as a leader with a ruthless streak that caused his immediate circle to be wary of him,...
