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 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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We must look to the day when loyalist weapons are removed from the equation,
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Whoever was responsible for this evil deed was certainly no friend of the peace process and no friend of anybody on this island.
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It is extremely difficult, there is no hiding that fact.
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We have the strongest possible basis for permanent peace in Ireland, such as has never before been experienced in our history,
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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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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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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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It's a landmark development. It's of real historic significance. We are enormously relieved that we can finally close this difficult chapter of the peace process.
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It is vital that we move forward together in the coming days as the transfer of sovereignty approaches,
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It is our sincere wish that the Northern Ireland institutions be restored as soon as possible.
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We have reached a point in the process where the parties must decide. We are giving them a reasonable but finite time to do so.