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
Bertie Ahern: 13 cytatów0 Polubień
Bertie Ahern: Cytaty po angielsku
“I never condemn wrongdoing in any area”
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.
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.”
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.”
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."”
Mr. Popularity http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1614940,00.html Time magazine. 2007-04-26.
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.
At the Mahon Tribunal on 20 September 2007. Planning Tribunal Transcript http://www.planningtribunal.ie/images/SITECONTENT_738.pdf planningtribunal.ie. 2007-09-20.
Dáil Éireann transcript, December 1996
“Some people dye their hair yellow or put rings in their noses”
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”
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.
