What does Bertie Ahern's return to Fianna Fáil mean?

Having spoken with authority on northern issues after the Brexit referendum, it has been speculated that Bertie Ahern will be Fianna Fáil's nominee for the 2025 presidential election.

Momentum around  Bertie Ahern's return to Fianna Fáil has been building in recent months. Picture: Gareth Chaney Collins

The re-entry of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to Fianna Fáil after a decade in exile is, in many ways, surprising.

But, in many others, it was inevitable.