8: Bertie Ahern: The Troubles, peace, and the future of Ireland
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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Bertie Hahn was fundamental to the delivery of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. His parents were pretty political, weren't they? Yeah, they weren't in the political party, but my father was an active member of the IRA. The back and Tans, you know, what happened was they were brought over from England. We all brought up, believe me, we're all taken out of jail and brought over. But I think there were people who were probably in trouble in England, brought over to Lincoln and give back up to military.
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