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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Daniel O'Connell, Joe Doyle, Bertie Ahern, List of Lord Mayors of Dublin, John Gormley, Gilbert de Lyvet, Jim Mitchell, Tomas Mac Giolla, Alfred Byrne, Robert Briscoe, Gay Mitchell, Edmund Dwyer Gray, John Claudius Beresford, Timothy Daniel Sullivan, Sean Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus, Benjamin Guinness, Thomas Sexton, Lord Mayor of Dublin, Sean Haughey, Ben Briscoe, Dermot Lacey, Timothy Harrington, Eibhlin Byrne, Frank Cluskey, Sean Kenny, Kathleen Clarke, Michael Mulcahy, Joseph Patrick Nannetti, Jim Tunney, Michael Keating, Paddy Dunne, Catherine Byrne, Sir Robert Harty, 1st Baronet, Alexis FitzGerald, Jnr, Sean Moore, Maurice E. Dockrell, Fergus O'Brien, Sir James Somerville, 1st Baronet, Lewis Wormser Harris, Maurice Ahern, Philip Brady, Laurence O'Neill, Emer Costello, John O'Connor, Francis Taylor, Denis Larkin, Michael Conaghan, Carmencita Hederman, Daniel Falkiner, Peadar Doyle, John McCann, Bernard Butler, James O'Keeffe, Sir John Rogerson, James Carroll, Eugene Timmons, John Stafford, Martin O'Sullivan, Cormac Breathnach, Michael Collins. Excerpt: Patrick Bartholomew "Bertie" Ahern (born 12 September 1951) is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 26 June 1997 to 7 May 2008. Ahern served as a Teachta Dala (TD) from 1977 to 2011 and he represented the constituency of Dublin Central. Before he became Taoiseach, he served in the governments of Charles Haughey and Albert Reynolds as Minister for Labour (1987-91) and Minister for Finance (1991-94). He also served briefly as Tanaiste after the break-up of Albert Reynolds' coalition government. In 1994, Ahern was elected sixth leader of Fianna Fail. Under Ahern's leadership Fianna Fail led three coalition governments. After Eamon de Valera, Bertie Ahern's term as Taoiseach is the second longest. Ahern resigned as Taoiseach on 6 May 2008 a...