The election campaign was two days old when Bertie Ahern stepped forward like a man about to face a firing squad. The scrum of reporters closed in. Shoppers on Dublin’s Henry Street stopped to see what the commotion was about. It was Tuesday, May 1, 2007. Reporter Scott Miller fired the first shot.
“Taoiseach, Padraic O'Connor says he's not your friend, and yet you say he's a close personal friend who gave you money to help you out in hard times. What have you to say about that?”
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