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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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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Prime Minister Bertie Ahern faced mounting pressure Friday to explain why he received money from Irish businessmen in England, a scandal threatening to torpedo his leadership after nine years in power.Comment
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said  Sunday he believed the IRA was behind the massive bank robbery  in Northern Ireland last month and Sinn Fein leaders must have  known about the guerrilla group's plans for the raid.
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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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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern faces questions at an anti-corruption tribunal on Thursday over payments received from friends and businessmen in the early 1990s while he was finance minister and deputy premier.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England  - Northern Ireland's rival politicians face "a moment of decision" in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared Thursday as he launched a high-stakes round of talks.
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Prime minister defends government's preparations.
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Gordon Brown defends decision by home secretary over police pay, despite calls for her to quit
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern repays controversial loans he received from friends in the 1990s.
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Irish PM Bertie Ahern is to be quizzed in parliament on loans and payments he received in the 1990s.
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Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has repaid business friends more than $100,000 in hopes of defusing a scandal that is threatening to force him from power, officials said Sunday.Comment
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The family of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane have appealed to the Irish in Britain for support amid fears new Westminster legislation may deny them a full public inquiry into his death.
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The former prime minister of Spain, JosÃ© MarÃ­a Aznar, mounted a vigorous defence of his decision to commit troops to Iraq yesterday as he became the first ex-premier to face questioning by a parliamentary commission.
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Sinn Fein's move to support the police in Northern Ireland leaves unionists with no excuse to balk at power-sharing, Ulster Secretary Peter Hain has insisted.As he prepared to meet Irish premier Bertie Ahern ...Comment
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Prime Minister Paul Martin says he will speak publicly when he takes the stand at an inquiry into the federal sponsorship scandal.
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Peter Mandelson rejects claims he criticised Tony Blair over the Northern Ireland peace process.