75% oppose Bertie Ahern's comeback to politics

Almost three out of four people in the country are opposed to former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern making a political comeback.

A poll conducted just days after Mr Ahern’s former local constituency branch “unanimously” backed his return to the party fold has said the public do not want the former Fianna Fáil leader to return.

Earlier this month, Fianna Fáil’s Dublin Central branch voted in favour of asking Mr Ahern to rejoin the party, a decision which was made without the knowledge or consent of current leader Micheál Martin.