Ahern appears headed for 3d-term win
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Bertie Ahern, Ireland's longest serving prime minister, appeared on course to win a third term and extend his 10-year hold on power after preliminary results yesterday showed his Fianna Fail party held onto much of its traditional vote in Thursday's general election.
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NORTHERN IRELANDâS political parties have come closer than at any stage in recent history to agreeing terms for a permanent end to disarm the IRA and revive a power-sharing government.
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As soon as the final election tallies were in Friday, some politicians in Northern Ireland began finalizing plans to fly to Washington for the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities this week at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was on course to win a third successive term on Friday as voters swung back behind his ruling Fianna Fail party rather than gamble the country's prosperity on an unproven coalition.
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Bertie Ahern secures a third term as Irish PM, but faces tough negotiations to build a coalition government.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was set to clinch a third term on Saturday as counting continued in an election where jitters over the country's thriving economy spurred voters to opt for stability over change.
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A radical programme of green policies - slashing domestic electricity use, expanding renewable energy sources and reopening railway lines to discourage car usage - has been accepted by Bertie Ahern as the price of holding on to power.
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Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has predicted that the &#x20AC;4 billion a year trade between Ireland and China could double in the next three to five years.
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A breakthrough in the Northern Ireland political process may be just weeks away, the secretary of state has said.
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Irish officials begin counting votes on Friday in an election that looked set to leave Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's governing coalition and its main opposition alternative without a majority in parliament.
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A hugely ambitious blueprint for a new era in Northern Ireland - in which Irish republicans would sit in government with the Rev Ian Paisley - was put on show in Belfast yesterday as the deal that almost was.
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Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's long-dominant party marched toward its sixth straight election victory Friday as voters appeared determined to stick with a popular leader who has presided over unprecedented economic success
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DUBLIN -- Bertie Ahern won re election yesterday as prime minister of Ireland, extending his 10 years in power and clearing the way for a broadly based coalition government.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern was  set to clinch a third term on Saturday after voters who have  enjoyed the fruits of a thriving economy opted for stability  over change.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern is on  course to win a third successive term but may well have to woo  a new coalition partner to be sure of a parliamentary majority,  an exit poll showed on Friday.
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fail party looks to have won 41.6 percent of the vote in Thursday's general election which is little changed on its winning 2002 election result, an exit poll showed.
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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.