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Bertie Ahern

Joe O'Shea column: Irish people making huge mistake of taking Brexit seriously
Brexit
'If Boris Johnson and the rest of the conmen in Westminster can lie, cheat and just make crap up as they go along, why should we be expected to always play the grown-ups?'
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Jerome Reilly comment: Brexit 'masterplan' hatched by Boris Johnson will drag Ireland over cliff - with Britain
Boris Johnson
'A strategy of such breath-taking stupidity was seriously flown up the flag pole across the Irish Sea is risible - but also deeply insulting'
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Details of new UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's deep family connections in Ireland uncovered
Boris Johnson
The little known link has prompted Mayor of Clare, Cllr Cathal Crowe to ask Mr Johnson to visit his “ancestral home”
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Pat Flanagan: Boris Johnson cannot ignore consequences of reality when he becomes Prime Minister
Boris Johnson
"The same collective insanity that put Donald Trump in the White House has now placed a self-obsessed lying buffoon in 10 Downing Street"
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Bertie Ahern thinks Boris Johnson hasn't 'hope in hell' of delivering Brexit by October
Bertie Ahern
And as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is set for a show-down with Johnson over the backstop, Bertie believes the government shouldn’t budge
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he won't criticise people protesting at US President Donald Trump's visit to Ireland
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His comments came ahead of the anticipated visit of Mr Trump to the country in June following a state visit to the UK
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Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg hits back after former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern brands him a 'strange fish'
Irish News
Ahern claimed that Rees-Mogg had told him that he had "no idea" what the Irish border was
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Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg told Bertie Ahern he'd 'no idea what Irish border was'
Bertie Ahern
The former Taoiseach described him as a "strange fish" and a "lovely fella when he’s asleep"
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Bertie Ahern appointed honorary professor of peace studies at Queen's University Belfast
Bertie Ahern
Mr Ahern played a significant role in the negotiations that led to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement
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Irish ISIS bride Lisa Smith says she 'made a mistake' as she begs for return to Ireland
ISIS
"I have nothing to hide"
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Plans to rescue 'ISIS bride' Lisa Smith from Syria being drawn up by Government and Defence Forces
ISIS
Exclusive: 'We’re doing this because she is an Irish citizen'
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Former army colleagues of Irish jihadi suspect Lisa Smith say she was a 'wild child'
ISIS
'She was no saint when she was in the Army. She was very wild, into all sorts'.
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Irish jihadi suspect Lisa Smith worked as flight attendant on government jet
ISIS
She is pictured here with former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as he prepared for a trip to the US
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Pat Flanagan: 'After Brexit fiasco the English can never again tell an Irish joke'
Brexit
What really lies behind Brexit is xenophobia, racism and English nationalism
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Watch as Bertie Ahern asked how the people of Ireland feel about 're-joining the UK'
Bertie Ahern
The former Taoiseach was being quizzed during the 'Exiting the European Union Commitee' in London
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Brexit has 'raised tensions' in Ireland, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern warns
Brexit
Concerns have been raised that a no-deal Brexit would lead to a hard border
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Paddy Clancy: Theresa May should heed Tony Blair on the issue of Brexit and the border
Brexit
'Blair is probably more aware than May or any other British politician how vital it is to maintain a soft Irish border when Britain exits the EU'
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More than 18,000 spoiled votes as people ballot for Donald Trump, Conor McGregor and Jim Gavin in presidential election
Irish presidential election
Over 18,000 spoiled votes were cast in the presidential election
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Lord Henry Mountcharles column: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tanaiste Simon Coveney are the Backstop and Robin of Fine Gael
Brexit
Leo’s calculation is that a bash-the-Brits approach is having a short-term positive effect on his ratings in the polls
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Cecelia Ahern opens up about panic attacks during youth that led to her successful career today
Cecelia Ahern
She was plagued by anxiety during college
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Paddy Duffy, former senior advisor to Bertie Ahern, dies suddenly aged 75
Politics
Mr Duffy was the right hand man to Bertie for decades
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Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern speaks about his grandfather's tragic suicide for the first time on RTE
Bertie Ahern
'At that time very few people would have ever said somebody committed suicide because it would have been covered up'
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Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says Brexit transition period won't happen until after next British general election
Brexit
The former Taoiseach predicted resolving the UK’s relationship with the EU would be put off until after the country goes to the polls in 2022
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Former Fianna Fail TD Mary Hanafin criticises party for not putting forward a presidential candidate
Irish presidential election
She also revealed her thoughts on the possibility of Bertie Ahern entering the race for Aras
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