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Bertie Ahern: The Man Who Blew the Boom: Power & Money
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Colm Keena, the journalist who first broke the story of Bertie Ahern's finances gives us an in-depth examination of the former Taoiseach's character, his lust for power and his obsession with money.
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Colm Keena is public affairs correspondent with the Irish Times. He broke the story about the Mahon Tribunal's inquiry into Bertie Ahern's finances. His refusal to disclose his sources for that story to the tribunal was later vindicated in a ruling of the Supreme Court.
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