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Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern says substantial vote tallies across the country show the European Union Lisbon reform treaty has been rejected.
Tallies are not official, but Mr Ahern says it is clear the No vote is ahead in a vast majority of cons..
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Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern has announced he is to resign in May.
Mr Ahern, 56, has been taoiseach since June 1997 and has been a member of the Irish Parliament for 31 years.
The announcement comes a day after Mr Ahern began a court challenge..
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Irish PM Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fail party has won the country's general election, but narrowly failed to gain an overall majority in parliament.
The party secured 78 seats in the 166-seat assembly, but saw a decline in the vote of its previous coalitio..
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Bertie Ahern looks set to be returned as taoiseach for a third term, as counting continues in the Irish Republic general election.
One veteran Fianna Fail member said of her party leader: "It was a Bertie Ahern election and he won it for us."
But Mi..
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Voters in the Republic of Ireland are set to head to the polls with Bertie Ahern seeking to win a third term as Taoiseach, or prime minister.
Mr Ahern has been praised for his role in the Northern Ireland peace process.
The Taoiseach has led a coali..
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