It appears there's life after being Taoiseach.

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern earned an estimated €145,000 from speaking engagements last year, travelling to New York, Honduras, Nigeria and Madrid where he delivered lectures for fees of €29,000.

IT is less than reassuring that so many senior gardaí have decided to opt for early retirement at a time when drug arrests have reached record levels.

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern is facing further questioning in the witness box at the Mahon tribunal in September, the Irish Examiner has learnt.

BERTIE AHERN is to earn in excess of €60,000 a speech on the international lecture circuit, it emerged last night.