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How long left for the Bertie Earners?

March 22nd, 2012 · 4 Comments

He regales audiences with a thoughtful and history-infused presentation as only an Irishman can, by sharing: the historical significance of Ireland’s late-20th-century peace process, the delicate strategy and skills he employed to achieve success, how to find common ground and strike a deal, what other countries, corporations and even individuals can learn from his approach. […]

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Bertie Earners are up 25%

April 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Thanks to Ken Foxe in last weekend’s Sunday Tribune for the discovery that the cost of a Bertie Earner has risen by approximately 25% this year. And that’s before first class travel expenses for himself and his travelling companion are added on. The Washington Speakers Bureau still list the four types of speech that Bertie […]

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Bertie earns again

March 26th, 2012 · 5 Comments

So the other day I was wondering about the Bertie Earners and speculating if they would ever go away. Well they haven’t.   He’s in Nigeria, spotted by Clement Esebamen and others and he’s making a plenary speech. He’s there addressing the Ogun State Investors Forum.  The Honourable Bertie Ahern they tell us   …served as prime […]

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Bertie Ahern does China again

July 18th, 2011 · 7 Comments

Former Chairman Ahern is off on his travels again.  He was a guest of the Chinese government’s Foreign Policy institute in May and now he’s back again to impact his knowledge of things ecological. This weekend he’s been in China attending the Eco Forum Guiyang which is in the South West province of Guizhou.  The […]

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Bertie Ahern signs for the News of the World

August 4th, 2009 · 4 Comments

It’s been a while since I’ve brought you news on a Bertie earner – being the recession and all I suppose times are tough for the Iar Taoiseach and the way he might scratch a few euros to make up for his pension levy losses. However news reaches us today of Bertie Ahern’s signing as […]

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