Suppose Bertie Ahern Had A Secret Account in Liechtenstein

The German authorities bribed a bank official in Liechtenstein to reveal the names of people with secret accounts there. Irish Revenue officials asked the Germans for details of any Irish [...]

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Bertie Ahern in the High Court

Sometimes, things just don't add up, but you can't quite work out why. That's the way Bertie's High Court challenge has affected me, and I've had to agonise over it [...]

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Bertie Ahern — A Man Without Honour

Nobody believed Gráinne Carruth's evidence. Not the judges. Not the lawyers. Not the press. Not the general public. In the end, it turned out that not even Gráinne Carruth believed [...]

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Bertie Ahern's English Money

You might be wondering why the Tribunal is asking all these questions about a private account. Will I tell you? The Tribunal is trying to investigate whether Bertie received a [...]

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Bertie Ahern Goes To Court

Bertie Ahern Goes To Court

Bertie's court case isn't that complicated, you know, when you take a few minutes to look into it. Will we do that? Will we just take a minute or two [...]

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None of Your Damned Business ...

None of Your Damned Business …

… said Bertie Ahern to the Tribunal. None of the Tribunal's damned business that he had a safe in his office stuffed full of the cash he managed to save [...]

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Bertie Ahern.  Busted!!

Bertie Ahern. Busted!!

Update Ahern has announced his resignation. _________________________________________________ Hey Bertie!! Howya doin, Kiddo? I didn't recognise you there for a minute with the size of your nose. I swear to God, [...]

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Three Leaders, Three Standards : Bertie, Olmert and Suu Kyi

Three Leaders, Three Standards : Bertie, Olmert and Suu Kyi

As I write this, Georgia are pounding the living shit out of Namibia, and all I'm thinking is, why the fuck couldn't Ireland have done that?   And then I'm [...]

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Bertenstein

Bertenstein

Back in 1994, £50,000 would buy you a house.  Not a swish house in a fancy area, it's true, but a good house nonetheless, in a solid, decent neighbourhood. The [...]

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Te Morituri Salutant

Well, Bertie is finally going before the Tribunal to explain how he was given a pile of money and a house by his builder friends while he was Minister for [...]

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