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8: Bertie Ahern: The Troubles, peace, and the future of Ireland

The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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The Role of the Church in Irish Life and Society

"My parents would have been, you know, very strong Catholics. My mother was a tolerant person as well," he says. "The sectarianism of the North didn't rub with him because it was a different republicanism" He adds: "You can't argue that you're a true republican and have been out killing your Protestant neighbor"

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