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28 May

Why I am Voting NO to Lisbon.

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on blogboyle.blogspot.com

A quote from Dermot Ahern, which was given in an interview in march, “there would be no dire consequences should the referendum go amiss, life will go on as it did after the French and Dutch rejected the European constitutional treaty ... Continue reading »

21 May

Deaf woman in landmark legal battle to lift jury ban

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on alldeaf.com

The High Court judicial review action, the first of its kind, gets under way next week amid mounting criticism of Ireland's outdated Juries Act and less than a week after Justice Minister Dermot Ahern approved a proposal to abolish the ... Continue reading »

19 May

Deaf Challange to be on Jury

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on attherimmm.blogspot.com

Last week Dermot Ahern, in one of his first forays as justice minister, announced, to much fanfare, that the Government was removing the upper age limit which prevents people over the age of 65 serving on juries. Seventy is the new 65. ... Continue reading »

18 May

It Should Have Been So Simple

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on everydayispaddysday.blogspot.com

One cannot imagine, for example, Dermot Ahern having a pop of Brian Cowen in the same way. All right. You can imagine it. But it's not like to happen, at least, not in public. Unlike the Democrats, it seems, to Fianna Fáilers, ... Continue reading »

24 Apr

Cluster Bombs conference in Dublin

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on jazzbiscuit.com

Take it away, Dermot Ahern:. The Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions to negotiate a new instrument of international humanitarian law banning cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians will take place from ... Continue reading »

23 Apr

The elephant and the wedding feast…

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on sluggerotoole.com

But the chair of the Fianna Fail commission is foreign affairs minister Dermot Ahern who played a significant part in organising and hosting the wedding breakfast. Both parties have yet to consummate and that’s not a given but now the ... Continue reading »

22 Apr

What If They Want To Eat Our Braaaaaaains?

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on oneftroad.wordpress.com

However, my joy soon turned to disappointment when I realised that Willie O’Dea and Dermot Ahern, the men ultimately in charge of our defence forces, failed to address the question as to what Big Gráinne from Tuam and Mossie from ... Continue reading »

16 Apr

Panic-stricken Ahern is wrong - Gormley's Tibet remark was no …

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on garyfinnegan.blogspot.com

Claims by Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern that his government colleague John Gormley's reference to Tibet as a country was 'a slip of the tongue' appear to be…what's the word…bullshit. Environment Minister John Gormley ... Continue reading »

15 Apr

Dirty work at the crossroads

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on eureferendum.blogspot.com

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern has even been personally assured that the European Commission will “tone down or delay”’ any announcements from Brussels “that might be unhelpful”. Oh dear. I am not going to make that comment again ... Continue reading »

Irish Government in EU Referendum Deception Furore

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on iaindale.blogspot.com

Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern has even been personally assured that the European Commission will 'tone down or delay' any announcements from Brussels 'that might be unhelpful'. Alarmingly, the email says that Ministers ruled out an ... Continue reading »

Irish referendum games

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on openeuropeblog.blogspot.com

Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern has apparently been personally assured by Margot Wallstrom that the EU Commission will “tone down or delay” any announcement from Brussels “that might be unhelpful.” It also says that ministers ruled out an ... Continue reading »

Irish Minister stands by Tibet comments

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on memoriesofmoving.wordpress.com

Ireland’s Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern described the incident as “overblown” and said he didn’t think it would damage trade between Ireland and China, which is valued at 5.5 billion euros (8.7 billion dollars) per year. ... Continue reading »

13 Apr

Joint FF/SDLP candidate for 2009 European elections in Northern …

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on sluggerotoole.com

Minister for Foreign Dermot Ahern said during a visit to Belfast that the party had received hundreds of submissions over the past few months and there was a feeling that the consultation period should be extended to the summer to ... Continue reading »

10 Apr

Gagging clause 'wouldn't stop Irish athletes boycotting ceremony'

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on boycott2008games.blogspot.com

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern and Sports Minister Seamus Brennan believe the ceremony should not be boycotted. Senator David Norris said Rule 51 supported “the nonsensical idea that the games are not political”. ... Continue reading »

New Irish Prime Minister

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on americanirish.blogspot.com

Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said he would not run for the job and would support Cowen, a former foreign minister himself, though he thought it unfair that Bertie Ahern had named Cowen as his preferred successor. ... Continue reading »

06 Apr

The other Treaty

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on 73man.blogspot.com

Well, in the press conference that Dermot Ahern had for it (there _were_ other news items you know!) he stated that. “the Government is satisfied “Ireland's capacity to safeguard its interests will not be materially affected” by the ... Continue reading »

03 Apr

Priorities in a world gone mad

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on sharona.wordpress.com

But it has to be said, the appearance of grumpiness versus the admitted use of political donations for personal use? Are ye joking? News just in: Dermot Ahern is out of the running - let the coronation begin, grumpy or not.... Continue reading »

Should the China Olympics be boycotted?

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on gaire.com

Should the China Olympics be boycotted? Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern said the Government does not support the principle of boycotting the Chinese Olympics over the ongoing crisis in.... Continue reading »

The chairman blows the Centre’s trumpet (a little)

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on sluggerotoole.com

for Public Finance and Accountancy – the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, said: ‘Practical North-South cooperation for mutual benefit is one of the cornerstones of both the Belfast and St Andrews Agreements. ... Continue reading »

Freedom for Tibet

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on cuffestreet.blogspot.com

Dermot Ahern’s statement this morning said that he deplores the loss of life that has occurred in Tibet and neighbouring Provinces in China, and calls for maximum restraint on all sides and for the release of imprisoned peaceful ... Continue reading »

22 Mar

Chinese soldiers murder Tibetans

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on skinflicks.blogspot.com

Visit the Free Tibet campaign. And please write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, via the departmental website and ask what your government is doing to protest against the Chinese murder of the people of Tibet.... Continue reading »

20 Mar

Could this be the beginning of the end?

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on skinflicks.blogspot.com

We in the privilege of European democracies must keep the pressure on the Chinese. Write to the Department of Foreign Affairs demanding a statement of condemnation from Dermot Ahern. And boycott the Beijing genocide Olympics.... Continue reading »

10 Mar

Dermot Ahern - no blood relation to Bertie , but seems to share …

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on 1169andcounting.blogspot.com

The same minister (Dermot Ahern , State minister for foreign affairs) gave us an insight last week into the mentality that we had been led to believe * had departed Fianna Fail - ” Charles Haughey was a great politician , ” he said on ... Continue reading »

08 Mar

Angel of the North-South?

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on sluggerotoole.com

Today, the Republic of Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Dermot Ahern, announced the launch of an international competition, with an allocated €5m, to select the design of the monument to be sited at Carrickcarnan, Co Louth, ... Continue reading »

05 Mar

Ireland’s new foreign project: Timor-Leste

An article about Dermot Ahern seen on streetsofdublin.wordpress.com

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern named Timor-Leste as a test case for a new Conflict Resolution Unit in his department. The plan is to assist the tiny Asian nation to make the transition to a functioning democracy. ... Continue reading »


Who is Dermot Ahern?

Party: Fianna Fáil

Constituency: Louth

Dermot Christopher Ahern (born 2 February 1955) is an Irish politician and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform since 7 May 2008. He is a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth.
Following a cabinet reshuffle in 2004 Ahern received the coveted position of Minister for Foreign Affairs, thus becoming the first Louth TD to hold that position since Frank Aiken in the 1960s. Shortly into his tenure in April 2005 Ahern was appointed one of four special envoys for United Nations reform by the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. In effect the four envoys acted as Mr Annan’s ‘eyes and ears’ around the world and presented proposals for reform at a special UN summit in September 2005. Ahern acted as envoy to European countries, on top of his other duties as minister
Ahern was appointed Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the 7 May 2008 by the new Taoiseach Brian Cowen
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