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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
THE CHANGE in leadership has provided a big electoral boost for Fianna Fáil and re-positioned the other parties, according the latest Irish Times/TNS mrbi opinion poll published today. A shift in political attitudes is taking place. The departure of Bertie Ahern, the dominant personality in Irish politics for over a decade, was timely. Despite the long goodbye in the glare of the most...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
DÁIL SKETCH: BERTIE AHERN'S political ghost was evoked in the Dáil yesterday. Sinn Féin's Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin was unhappy with Brian Cowen's replies to questions about the deal made with the three Independents supporting the Government, writes MICHAEL O'REGAN.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
JUDGE GERALD Keys said the trustees of St Luke’s, Bertie Ahern's constituency office, did nothing to protect the money it loaned to Celia Larkin, former partner of Mr Ahern.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sterling has turned up in both the accounts of Bertie Ahern and those of the St Luke's trustees, writes COLM KEENA.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE FUNDS to purchase St Luke’s, Bertie Ahern's constituency office, were raised at a meeting of 24 businessmen in the Gresham Hotel in Dublin in December 1987, the tribunal heard yesterday.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
A SENIOR partner with accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has said he did not advise former taoiseach Bertie Ahern to destroy documents after he prepared income and expenditure accounts for him in 2001.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
MAHON TRIBUNAL: THE SENIOR treasurer of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern's constituency has said he cannot identify the account from which St Luke's was purchased.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
THE TAOISEACH dropped three long-serving Ministers of State and promoted five backbenchers to fill the available vacancies in his reshuffle of the junior ministerial posts. Mr Cowen followed the precedent set by Bertie Ahern last year and appointed 20 junior Ministers. Stephen Collins reports.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
TEN MONTHS ago former taoiseach Bertie Ahern increased the number of junior ministers by three to 20. This allowed him to reward some backbenchers in his own party with promotion and to accommodate his new coalition partner, the Green Party, with a junior ministerial post. The case for those extra places was difficult to justify then. Now, at a time of economic retrenchment, the continuing...
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Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Mind you, my blood was already boiling after reading the story on Page 1 about ex-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's possible ambitions to run for President – either President of the European Council or President of Ireland. …... Continue reading »
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The Stage (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
A new Irish arts minister has been appointed - the third in less than a year - following a government reshuffle by incoming Taoiseach Brian Cowen, the former finance minister, who has succeeded Bertie Ahern.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen is expected to have individual meetings with the three Independent TDs supporting his Government to discuss the deals made with them by his predecessor Bertie Ahern.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern once complained that major road schemes were being held up "because of swans, snails and the occasional person hanging out of a tree". But now a price-tag has been put on the true value of our wildlife.
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Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
That year saw the meteoric rise of Brendan O'Connor, to the extent that he now graces both the front and back page every week, the '03 team (journalism at its finest, may I say) and then the creation of Bertie Ahern, Superstar. …... Continue reading »
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Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
After 11 years as Taoiseach, and almost 14 as leader of Fianna Fail, Bertie Ahern will no doubt be enjoying an overdue lie-in on his first free weekend since handing over power to Brian Cowen. But just how will Bertie, …... Continue reading »
