Ahern dropped by British public speakers agency

Bertie Ahern is no longer listed among the world leaders at a British agency specialising in public speakers.

Mr Ahern’s listing on the Speaker’s Associates was taken down in the last week in the wake of the findings of Mahon Tribunal — around the same time as his name was removed from the highly respected Washington Speaker’s Bureau on the other side of the Atlantic.

The Speaker’s Associates in Britain lists the fees for speakers ranging from “€3,600 to more than €300,000 for the really big names”.

Former finance minister Charlie McCreevy is listed alongside the Nobel Peace Prize winners and civil rights activists in a who’s who of global leaders at the prestigious speaker’s bureau.

Mr Ahern’s ex-finance minister is in a directory of international leaders which also includes former president Mary Robinson and Nobel laureates Mikhail Gorbachev and South Africa’s Frederik De Klerk.

Two of the main topics covered by Mr McCreevy are the “Celtic Tiger” and “what drives economic recovery”.

He is described on the bureau’s website as a “lively speaker” with a reputation as an “experienced and sometimes outspoken commentator” on issues relating to Ireland’s economy.

The bureau includes an eclectic mix of celebrity names such as Piers Morgan, TV presenter Myleene Klass, Terry Wogan, Roger Moore, and Bianca Jagger.