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Bertie Ahern

That’s what friends are for: Ireland’s casual cronyism

November 10, 2014 By SIN Staff

That’s what friends are for: Ireland’s casual cronyism

“Paddy, don't you know the Baileys? Good old boys in a big tent at the races.” These are lyrics from Bell X1’s ‘Sugar High’: an ode to Fianna Fáil’s tent at the Galway races occupied by Bertie and his boys once upon a time. … [Read more...] about That’s what friends are for: Ireland’s casual cronyism

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