Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has paid tribute to former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern for the “skill and determination” he showed during the Good Friday Agreement negotiations.
It comes just ten years after the now-Tánaiste put pressure on Mr Ahern to leave the party following the publication of the findings of the Mahon Tribunal in 2012.
Speaking at a Fianna Fáil event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in UCD on Tuesday evening, Mr Martin said that Mr Ahern’s relationship with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair eventually led to the signing of the agreement in 1998.
