Embattled Irish PM defends speaking fee
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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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Opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Wednesday of holding himself to a different standard by taking money in secret from wealthy friends while admonishing fellow lawmakers for similar actions.
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Ireland's prime minister apologized to lawmakers Tuesday for taking money in secret from businessmen more than a decade ago, a scandal that has threatened to end his nine-year term in office or trigger early elections.
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The environment minister defends her decision to consider a privately-funded Giant's Causeway centre.
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Â· Browne refuses to say if secret payments continueÂ· Lib Dem leader calls for investigation
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The education minister hits back at those who claim Northern Ireland's education spending is in crisis.
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Irish PM Bertie Ahern tells parliament he regrets "misjudgements" over loans and event money.
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Speaking after a meeting with the Irish Prime Minister in Dublin, party president Gerry Adams said: &quot;We are concerned that the time frame is stretching.
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Leaders of Ireland's Green Party said on Tuesday they were ready to back Prime Minister Bertie Ahern for a third term in office and enter an Irish government for the first time after securing policy concessions.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused to heed opposition calls to resign over the cash-for-honours criminal probe, saying it was not &quot;distracting&quot; him from his work.
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A key aide to Prime Minister Tony Blair again denied Tuesday any wrongdoing over a cash-for-honours row clouding the leader's last months in office, as fresh allegations emerged.
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A DUP demand for photo evidence of IRA disarmament was reasonable, the Irish premier says.
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Despite pressure from the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland, three days of negotiations among the leaders of Northern Ireland's political parties failed to bridge important differences over how to share ...
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Tony Blair's ministers have said it, his political opponents are baying for it but the British prime minister refuses to utter it.
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Politicians faced extra security Monday at the Northern Ireland Assembly as they debated their failure to forge a Catholic-Protestant administration &#151; an argument dramatically interrupted last week by a Protestant extremist with a bag full of nail bombs.
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A disappointed but determined prime minister said last night he had not given up hope of reaching a lasting settlement in Northern Ireland.
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Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams meets the Irish premier for the first time since the IRA was blamed for a Â£26m bank robbery.