BERTIE BOWS OUT

An edited version of the address given by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern yesterday to his Fianna Fáil cumman announcing his intention not to put himself forward in the next general election

Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening to you, my closest and my longest standing friends in Fianna Fáil – the members of the O’Donovan Rossa Cumann.

It is 40 years ago, this week, since I joined Fianna Fáil.