Aired as a tribute to the organisation at the start of its 125th anniversary celebrations, the show created a storm of controversy. Full Article at Irish Examiner

Amid the controversy surrounding Mr Ahern's claim in a television interview last week that he and Tanaiste Mary Coughlan had been disloyal to him, the finance minister broke his silence to say that the former Taoiseach's "informants" were wrong. Full Article at Irish Independent

Any day now, Mr Bertie Ahern will receive his Christmas present from Lady Eileen Paisley. Full Article at Irish Independent

While Mr Lenihan's late-night visit to David McWilliams and strange habit of chewing garlic has been well documented, the ESRI people are far too discreet to trumpet the minister's two visits in the last year to the docklands headquarters, where he... Full Article at Irish Independent

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NIAMH BRENNAN reviews The Irish Times 2009 Book of the Year , Edited by Peter Murtagh, Gill & Macmillan, 283pp, €26.99 THINK OF all The Irish Times ’s editions you meant to read but didn’t get time to. Full Article at Irish Times

SO, NOW we know a new method of selling books – give away free packets of crisps with each copy. It has worked for Mr Tayto. Perhaps Bertie Ahern could have tried it. Full Article at Irish Times

DEAL or no deal? Is the Government playing some sort of Machiavellian three-card trick on the trade union negotiators, or is it simply doing a backtrack on a cave-in? Full Article at Irish Independent

I KNOW this is the season of goodwill and pantomime, but the appointment of Bertie Ahern by NUI Maynooth is not a very joyful gesture. Full Article at Irish Independent

The offer by the congregation of nuns – which ran five industrial schools including the notorious Goldenbridge facility in Dublin – is one of the largest contributions by any of the 18 religious orders which ran such residential centres. Full Article at Irish Examiner

FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern said his main concerns with the findings of the Mahon tribunal were whether it found he was “corruptible” and the implications for his good name. Full Article at Irish Times

Madam, – Perhaps my overly-jaundiced private sector eye has been a bit harsh on our public sector brethren of late. Full Article at Irish Times

In a bitter attack, former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern has slammed two of his former colleagues for plotting against him in private before he was overthrown as Fianna Fail leader. Full Article at Irish Central

The Moriarty Tribunal found that Charles Haughey had taken millions of euro from wealthy businessmen for favours over 17 years; that he took money donated for Brian Lenihan snr’s liver fund; and that he had “devalued the quality of modern... Full Article at Irish Times

02/12/2009 - 21:45:59 Angry students protested in NUI Maynooth today over former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s appointment as visiting professor in mediation and conflict studies. Full Article at BreakingNews.ie

A group of students and academics at NUI Maynooth has presented a petition to the college authorities opposing the appointment of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a visiting professor. Full Article at Irish Times

Students at NUI Maynooth will today present a petition to University management objecting to the appointment of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to an honorary position in the university. Full Article at RTE Interactive

CRITICS WHO blame the Government for the economic crisis should “dig the garden or grow bluebells or do something useful”, former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said. Full Article at Irish Times

Bertie Ahern: Failed to see Irish or Dubai collapses coming Bertie Ahern was in Dubai last week for a meeting of the World Economic Forum. So what, says you. Full Article at Irish Central

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's extended family have suffered a second blow in just a month after the death of his nephew. Full Article at Irish Independent