Later this month in Cardiff a group calling itself the Interaction Council will launch a book of papers by former world leaders offering ‘authoritative insights into topics from the Middle East and denuclearization of Korea to the water crisis and the future of energy.’ The InterAction Council (IAC) is a 30 year old association pooling the expertise […]
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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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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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What does a former Taoiseach do in his spare time? Head east. At the invitation of the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs(CPIFA),Mr. Bertie Ahern, former Prime Minister of Ireland, visited China from 26 to 30 April. Ambassador Cheng Tao, Vice President of CPIFA, Mr. Loujiwei, Board Chairman of China Investment Corp.,met with Mr. Ahern. […]
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Today’s Irish Times covers an interview given to a business research publication on Nigeria and what Bertie Ahern thinks must be done to improve the economy and how they can learn from Ireland’s woes. (h/t to Mark Coughlan who brought the interview to my attention on Tuesday! ) Amongst other issues he mentions Public Private […]
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