The then minister for finance Bertie Ahern overruled Mr Andrews, who argued that Ireland should not continue to buy weapons from a country that had been involved in many incidents in Lebanon where ...

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has revealed who he would pick to be part of his dream political band, and even admitted who he thinks would leave the band – Brian McFadden-style. The 73-year-old ...

Bertie Ahern said that "in east Belfast and in the ghettos and in the areas where you're likely to get trouble... people haven't got a clue about the protocol" Former taoiseach (Irish PM ...

The revelations in 2003 that the head of the IRA’s internal security unit, Freddie Scappaticci, was a British spy, “traumatised” republicans, then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British prime ...

It came after then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Mr Blair issued a joint statement in early April that said all parties had a collective responsibility to fulfil the promise of the Good Friday Agreement.

In 2000, two years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair were still dealing with its outworkings On The Runs (OTRs) were seen as "a major problem" by the ...

In a briefing note for then-Irish premier Bertie Ahern in early 2001, officials warned that “designation might unintentionally give a boost to dissident republicans by enhancing their status in ...