Bertie Ahern citations

Patrick Bartholomew « Bertie » Ahern , né le 12 septembre 1951 à Dublin, est un homme d'État irlandais, membre du Fianna Fáil.

Ministre du Travail, puis des Finances, entre 1987 et 1994, il prend cette année-là la succession d'Albert Reynolds à la tête du Fianna Fáil et conduit le parti à la victoire aux élections de 1997. Il devient alors le onzième Premier ministre d'Irlande , et le plus jeune titulaire de ce poste. Il remporte deux autres mandats, en 2002 et 2007, mais est contraint à la démission en 2008, achevant le second plus long mandat à la tête du gouvernement irlandais depuis Éamon de Valera. Au cours des onze années qu'il a passées à la diriger, l'Irlande a connu une forte croissance économique qui lui a valu le surnom de « Tigre celtique ». Wikipedia  

✵ 12. septembre 1951
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Bertie Ahern: 13 citations0 J'aime

Bertie Ahern: Citations en anglais

“I have always found him to be a proud, honourable man, loyal, true, persevering, principled, caring and committed but tough and a person who lost friends easily. On behalf of the Government but in particular on behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, I thank him for his distinguished years of service to his constituents and his country.”

Bertie Ahern

Speaking about Ray Burke (who was subsequently jailed for six months for tax evasion) after Burke's resignation. Resignation of Member: Statements. http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/D/0481/D.0481.199710070023.html Dáil Éireann - Volume 481, 1997-10-07

“I never condemn wrongdoing in any area”

Bertie Ahern

22 February, 2006 in the Dáil (Ahern corrected his slip, above, TO "condone" during the same statement.) Leaders' Questions http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2006/02/22/member5.asp Oireachtas Debates 2006-02-22.

“That decision will in history be written as the biggest mistake that American administration ever made, because Lehmans was a world investment bank. They had testicles everywhere.”

Bertie Ahern

Speaking on the collapse of Lehman Brothers Bank. Lehmans world presence http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/1010/1224256328159.html (Subscription required). The Year in Quotes http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article6968426.ece (Subscription required)

“The reason it's on the rise is because probably the boom times are getting even more boomer.”

Bertie Ahern

commenting on rising inflation in the Irish economy. Economic growth shows little sign of letting up http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0714/930304623HM1ECON.html – The Irish Times newspaper article, 14 July, 2006.

“It was a political donation for my personal use.”

Bertie Ahern

21 February 2008 at the Mahon Tribunal, referring to a £5,000 donation. Irish Times report http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0221/breaking45.htm 2008-02-21. (Subscription required)

“Time magazine reported him as speaking of "upsetting the apple tart."”

Bertie Ahern

Mr. Popularity http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1614940,00.html Time magazine. 2007-04-26.

“It is not correct, and if I said so, I was not correct — I cannot recall if I said it, but I did not say, or if I did, I did not mean to say it”

Bertie Ahern

Straight answers needed to taxing Bertie questions http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/fionnan-sheahan/straight-answers-needed-to-taxing-bertie-questions-1277938.html Irish Independent, 2008-01-31.

“Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses”

Bertie Ahern

Explaining to the Mahon Tribunal on 20 December 2007 why he did not have a bank account in 1993. Planning Tribunal Transcript http://www.planningtribunal.ie/images/SITECONTENT_784.pdf planningtribunal.ie. 2007-12-20.

“I don't know how people who engage in that don't commit suicide”

Bertie Ahern

commenting on people "talking the economy down", just before the crash. Speech at Irish Congress of Trade Unions conference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfjGSfuSQpA 2007-07-3.

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