Ahern and Blair in running as first president of EU

BERTIE AHERN threw his hat into the ring for the job of first European Union President, but he might have to fight off his old friend Tony Blair for the post.

The Taoiseach reminded people yesterday at the summit in Lisbon that he had got the post into the original constitution on which the new Lisbon Treaty is based.

He noted that even with the changes made to the constitution, the job had survived. “An interesting job,” he noted when pushed on whether he was interested in it.