Bertie Ahern

...of the "Blair Chair" funding. Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern announced the creation of the "Tony Blair Chair of Irish Studies" in 2007, shortly after Mr Blair's decision to step down as prime minister. "It is a fitting way to mark Tony...

In this article: Department of Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, Tony Blair, Taoiseach, University of Liverpool, Micheal Martin, and Dublin

I think Salmond will have learned from his mistake of comparing Scotland to these countries. Ahern talks about the time it took to pull Ireland up. Scotland has a highly literate population and modern industrial economy. Ireland came from an...

In this article: Scotland, Recession, UK, Alex Salmond, Ireland, Norway, and Iceland

...beyond the rigours of state law. The then Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, waded into the row insisting that no one would be immune from the law of the land in an increasingly pluralist and multicultural Ireland. However, Cardinal Connell claimed...

In this article: Desmond Connell, Dublin, Catholic Church, Rome, Dermot Ryan, Ireland, and Allegation

...month; her father's autobiography a also published this month a doesn't even register. The odd thing about the Ahern family is that whereas few people ever felt they really knew Bertie a his finance minister Charlie McCreevey once said "I...

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Alastair Campbell will interview Bertie Ahern, the former Taoiseach of Ireland, about his life and his critical role in the Good Friday agreement, while Jeremy Paxman will talk about the birth of modern Britain and his book The Victorians.

In this article: Judi Dench, Richard Eyre, The Times, James Harding, Christopher Hampton, Taoiseach, Good Friday, Jonathan Coe, and Alistair McGowan

...places. O'Donoghue probably knew that. As Bertie Ahern's first Justice Minister, he'd witnessed the arrival to Ireland of poor and desperate people seeking asylum from harsh human realities outside. The photographic record of how...

In this article: John Gormley, Fianna Fail, Taoiseach, Ireland, Department of Finance, Sunday Tribune, and Enda Kenny

...15 2009 03:13 Bertie Ahern, Ireland's former prime minister, admitted on Wednesday that his decision in 2001 to create a new financial regulator was one of the main reasons for the collapse of the Irish banking sector. Mr Ahern, who...

In this article: Ireland, Revenue, Tax, Allied Irish Bank, and Brian Cowen

...that Scotland should join. After Ahern's resignation last May, Salmond said the "accomplishments of the Irish Celtic tiger economy demonstrate the advantage of being a small, independent nation in Europe". Meanwhile, a leading economist...

In this article: Alex Salmond, Scotland, Ireland, Economics, Glasgow University, Labour, and International Monetary Fund

...by board members of the council show that former FAS chairman Peter McLoone -- as well as Maurice Ahern, brother of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern -- are among a number of board members who have been given free sports tickets in the last six...

In this article: Ireland, Conrad Hotel, Dublin, and Taoiseach