Quote #14

Speaking on Ray Burke (who was subsequently jailed for six months for tax evasion) after Burke's resignation; I always found him to be a proud honourable man, loyal and true, persevering and principled, caring and committed but tough and a person who often lost friends very easily. On behalf of the Government and particularly on behalf of the Fianna Fail Party, I thank him for his distinguished years in the service of his constituents and his country.[3]

More from Bertie Ahern

  1. 'I never condone wrongdoing in any area' (22 February 2006 in the Dail) (Ahern corrected his slip, above, during the same dialogue.[2])
  2. 'The public are entitled to have an absolute guarantee of the financial probity and integrity of their elected representatives, their offic…
  3. 'I never condemn wrongdoing in any area.' (22 February 2006 in the Dail)
  4. 'It is quite unacceptable that a member of Dail Eireann and in particular a Cabinet Minister and Taoiseach, should be supported in his pers…
  5. Time reported him as warning his country against 'upsetting the apple tart' of his country's economic success.[2]
  6. 'I'm not answering what I got for my Holy Communion money, my Confirmation money, what I got for my birthday, what I got for anything else,…
  7. 'Throwing white elephants and red herrings at each other.' (a warning he used in the Dail once).
  8. At the Mahon Tribunal on 20 September 2007, Ahern said; I continued the arrangement, so whatever was on my mind, and the reason I probably …

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