Update: Bertie Ahern is home just in time for the speech it seems – expected to arrive in City West 45 minutes before Cowen took to the podium. I had today in my diary as one of the days Bertie Ahern, our Iar Thaoiseach, was due to be away on a Bertie Earner. I previously […]
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Only 6 days into 2009, Brian Cowen is busy preparing us all for financial armageddon, but his predecessor, our Iar Thaoiseach is starting to make hay while the sun does not shine. Before Christmas we heard about the book deal – Richard Aldous is to be regarded as Ahern’s partner (no not that type!) in […]
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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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