Opening Irish job market to new EU member Poland 'right decision': Ahern
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WARSAW : Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said that opening Ireland's job market to workers from Poland, when it joined the European Union on May 1 last year, has "worked out well" for both countries.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has repaid a controversial loan he received from friends during his time as finance minister, the public broadcaster RTE reported on Sunday.Comment
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Voters are heading to the polls in the Republic of Ireland with Prime Minister Bertie Ahern seeking a third term.
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The Defence Forces have come out in favour of Irish participation in the proposed EU battlegroups provided they are taking part in UN missions, writes Deagl n de Br ad n, Foreign Affairs Correspondent.
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It is a moment of decision in the Northern Ireland political process, Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.
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A new round of Northern Ireland peace talks will begin this week with Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern meeting Sinn Fein and other Northern Ireland parties before having discussions with his British counterpart Tony Blair, the Irish government announced.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was set to clinch a third term on Saturday and begin the search for new coalition partners after his parliamentary ally for the past 10 years suffered heavy election losses.
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A groundbreaking state visit to Ireland by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is "inevitable" and will happen in the next few years, Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said Monday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Irish counterpart Bertie Ahern will host multiparty talks on the future of the Northern Ireland assembly on October 11-13, the Irish government has revealed.
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Northern Ireland lawmakers are gaining a role in the parliament of the Republic of Ireland for the first time since the island's partition 86 years ago.The government of Prime Minister Bertie Ahern announced Tuesday it will create a new parliamentary committee that gives places to Northern Ireland lawmakers elected to seats in the British Parliament.The 18 lawmakers from the British territory will be permitted to take part in debates in a newly formed joint committee on the implementation of the Good Friday peace agreement. But they will not be permitted to vote or offer any amendments on legislative bills. Read more
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The leader of Poland's main opposition party heads to Britain and Ireland this week to try to win support from Polish emigrants ahead of next month's election, the center-right Civic Platform said on Monday.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern is expected to announce a cabinet reshuffle
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on   Thursday defended an 8,000-pound ($15,000) fee he was paid for   speaking at a dinner in Manchester in 1994 when he was finance   minister, saying the ethics of the case were "in order."
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The odds indicate Ireland will pass the new European Union reform treaty in a referendum this year, but only just, an Irish bookmaker said on Friday.
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Ireland's Bertie Ahern was contemplating electoral defeat, but has acheived a remarkable victory, says James Helm.
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Irish deputies handed Prime Minister Bertie Ahern a third successive term on Thursday, putting him at the head of a government that will include the Green Party for the first time.
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Ireland&#39;s Green Party voted  overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back a coalition deal that puts  it in government for the first time and guarantees a third term  for Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.