8: Bertie Ahern: The Troubles, peace, and the future of Ireland
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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What I Learned From Charlie Hockey as T-Shirt
I think he was very, Charlie was very bright, extraordinary bright. His parents hadn't got a lot of money. But what I learned from me, he was extraordinarily driven and he was efficient. He'd meet everybody, meet every group. Now he could be quite abrupt, you know, I could go into a meeting with him. And he'd barely say, hello,. You know, I'd be the opposite. So it'd be very much a style I wouldn't have. The problems that that caused us, those currency problems, we were far weaker country at that stage.
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