Bertie Ahern
Bertie Ahern
Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahernis a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008...
absolutely allowed democracy dublin essence excuse express freely irish peaceful people scenes views
There is absolutely no excuse for the disgraceful scenes in Dublin today. It is the essence of Irish democracy and republicanism that people are allowed to express their views freely and in a peaceful manner.
anybody certainly deed evil friend peace process whoever
Whoever was responsible for this evil deed was certainly no friend of the peace process and no friend of anybody on this island.
weapons
We must look to the day when loyalist weapons are removed from the equation,
areas wrongdoing
I never condone wrongdoing in any area
hair yellow people
Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses
suicide opportunity people
Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning is a lost opportunity. I don’t know how people who engage in that don’t commit suicide.
years intellectual want
I've seen it over the years, the more intellectual they are, the more work they don't want to do. You have to do both, you have to be able to put in the graft.
war
We were always dead against the war.
office politician ministers
Mr Brown is a politician of exceptional experience and ability, and I am sure he will discharge the office of Prime Minister with distinction
integrity needs guarantees
The public are entitled to have an absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their officials and above all of Ministers. They need to know that they are under financial obligations to nobody.
cabinets lifestyle should
It is quite unacceptable that a member of Dáil Éireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his personal lifestyle by gifts made to him personally.
basis peace permanent possible strongest
We have the strongest possible basis for permanent peace in Ireland, such as has never before been experienced in our history,
agreement implement peace prepared risks secure
was prepared to take risks for the peace process, risks to secure agreement and risks to implement it.
five hardly policies
There are so many differences in our policies I'd hardly get through five days.