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...
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I never condone wrongdoing in any area
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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.
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The people on whose behalf you claim to act have spoken. Your ways are the ways of the past,
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I would be a disaster, to put it at its mildest, if any of the institutions were to slide. I think people need to think very, very hard,
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If they don't, we will intensify every single effort that I can physically and possibly do legislatively, and with the security forces, to break these organizations,
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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.
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Obviously we had wished to be able to present the proposals in the context of full agreement. (But) we are on the brink of an accommodation that would have been regarded as impossible not that long ago.
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I spoke to Jose Manuel last night and was happy to share this information with him. It is a great tribute to the prime minister and to Portugal that colleagues have expressed such support for him and wish to see him accept this appointment.
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People should not allow themselves to be deflected or disheartened, ... determined that, working closely with the British government and the parties, a way can and will be found to implement the agreement in full.
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This is an area in which our views are well known to the U.S. government,
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This is not good. The meeting was bad. Relations were bad. It was very hostile, even bitter... I don't like to see grown men bickering.
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This is not a time for sitting back. It's not a time for complacency. We cannot afford a prolonged stalemate.
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As all parties examine the proposals that Tony Blair and I issued them, no doubt they will have some points of clarification. Already Mr. Trimble has stated he has some.
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that the weapons and explosives are safely and adequately stored and cannot be used without the knowledge of Mr. Ahtisaari and Mr. Ramaphosa, who will re-inspect the arms dumps on a regular basis to ensure that the weapons have remained secure.