Former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern attends the funeral of Northern Ireland's former First Minister David Trimble, one of the key peace brokers of the Good Friday Agreement, at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern attends the funeral of Northern Ireland's former First Minister David Trimble, one of the key peace brokers of the Good Friday Agreement, at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern attends the funeral of Northern Ireland's former First Minister David Trimble, one of the key peace brokers of the Good Friday Agreement, at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern attends the funeral of Northern Ireland's former First Minister David Trimble, one of the key peace brokers of the Good Friday Agreement, at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Former Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern attends the funeral of Northern Ireland's former First Minister David Trimble, one of the key peace brokers of the Good Friday Agreement, at Harmony Hill Presbyterian Church, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, August 1, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron 

Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Group D - Republic of Ireland v Georgia - Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland - March 26, 2019 Former Ireland Prime Minister Bertie Ahern before the match REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Jonathan Powell delivers the Arnaga Declaration alongside Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, Irati Agorria Cuevas, Bertie Ahern, Anaiz Funosas and Gerry Adams at the International Event to Advance in the Resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, following Armed Basque separatists ETA announcement of their dissolution in Cambo-Les-Bains, France May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West 

(L-R) Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, Jonathan Powell, Irati Agorria Cuevas, Michel Camdessus, Bertie Ahern, Anaiz Funosas and Gerry Adams arrive to deliver the Arnaga Declaration at the International Event to Advance in the Resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, following Armed Basque separatists ETA announcement of their dissolution in Cambo-Les-Bains, France May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West 

(L-R) Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, Jonathan Powell, Irati Agorria Cuevas, Michel Camdessus, Bertie Ahern, Anaiz Funosas and Gerry Adams arrive to deliver the Arnaga Declaration at the International Event to Advance in the Resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, following Armed Basque separatists ETA announcement of their dissolution in Cambo-les-Bains, France May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West 

(Back L-R) Jonathan Powell, Bertie Ahern, Gerry Adams (Front L-R) Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, Irati Agorria Cuevas, Michel Camdessus and Anaiz Funosas arrive to deliver the Arnaga Declaration at the International Event to Advance in the Resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, following Armed Basque separatists ETA announcement of their dissolution in Cambo-les-Bains, France May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West 

Jonathan Powell delivers the Arnaga Declaration alongside Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, Bertie Ahern, Anaiz Funosas and Gerry Adams at the International Event to Advance in the Resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, following Armed Basque separatists ETA announcement of their dissolution in Cambo-les-Bains, France May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West 

Cuauhtemoc Cardenas delivers the Arnaga Declaration alongside Bertie Ahern, Michel Camdessus, Jonathan Powell, Anaiz Funosas and Gerry Adams at the International Event to Advance in the Resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, following Armed Basque separatists ETA announcement of their dissolution, in Cambo-les-Bains, France May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West 

(Front L-R) Lawyer Brian Currin greets former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern alongside Mayor of Bayonne Jean Rene Etchegary before the International Event to Advance in the Resolution of the conflict in the Basque Country, following Armed Basque separatists ETA announcement of their dissolution in Cambo-les-Bains, France May 4, 2018. REUTERS/Vincent West 

Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton attend an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton attend an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton attend an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton attend an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton attend an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton attend an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Seamus Mallon and Gerry Adams stand with others for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell and Gerry Adams stand with others for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Monica McWilliams, John Alderdice, Jonathan Powell, Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Seamus Mallon, David Trimble, Paul Murphy, Reg Empey, and Gerry Adams stand for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Monica McWilliams, John Alderdice, Jonathan Powell, Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Seamus Mallon, David Trimble, Paul Murphy, Reg Empey, and Gerry Adams stand for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Seamus Mallon, David Trimble and Gerry Adams stand with others for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell and Gerry Adams stand with others for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Monica McWilliams, John Alderdice, Jonathan Powell, Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Seamus Mallon, David Trimble, Paul Murphy, Reg Empey, and Gerry Adams stand for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Monica McWilliams, John Alderdice, Jonathan Powell, Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Seamus Mallon, David Trimble, Paul Murphy, Reg Empey, and Gerry Adams stand for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Monica McWilliams, John Alderdice, Jonathan Powell, Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, Seamus Mallon, David Trimble, Paul Murphy, Reg Empey, and Gerry Adams stand for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern, former U.S. Senator George Mitchell and Gerry Adams stand with others for a group photograph at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern stands in front of the coat of arms of Queens University at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

Bertie Ahern and Jonathan Powell stand as former U.S. Senator George Mitchell speaks at an event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

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A former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern arrives at the funeral mass of former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland Liam Cosgrave at the Church of the Annunciation in Dublin, Ireland October 7, 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne 

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(L-R) Mediators Gerry Adams, Gro Harlem Brutland, Bertie Ahern, Kofi Annan, Pierre Joxe and Jonathan Powell listen to a five point declaration read by Ahern at the end of the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

(L-R) Basque politicians Oskar Matute, Inigo Urkullu and Rufi Etxeberria listen to a five point declaration read by Bertie Ahern at the end of the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

(L-R at right) Mediators Gerry Adams, Gro Harlem Brutland, Bertie Ahern, Kofi Annan, Pierre Joxe and Jonathan Powell listen to a five point declaration read by Ahern, next to the media and conference guests at the end of the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

(L-R) Mediators Gerry Adams, Gro Harlem Brutland, Bertie Ahern, Kofi Annan, Pierre Joxe and Jonathan Powell listen to a five point declaration read by Ahern at the end of the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

(L-R) Mediators Gro Harlem Brutland, Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern, Kofi Annan, Jonathan Powell and Pierre Joxe arrive to read a five point declaration at the end of the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

(L-R) Mediators Jonathan Powell, Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern, Kofi Annan, Gro Harlem Brutland and Pierre Joxe wave after reading a five point declaration at the end of the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS) 

South African lawyer and member of the International Contact Group Brian Currin (L) greets ex Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern during the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country taking place in San Sebastian October 17, 2011. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

(L-R at end table) Mediators Jonathan Powell, Pierre Joxe, Kofi Annan, Gro Harlem Brutland, Bertie Ahern and Gerry Adams take part in the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country alongside local politicians, social groups, trade unions and members of the International Contact Group in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

(L-R at end table) Mediators Jonathan Powell, Pierre Joxe, Kofi Annan, Gro Harlem Brutland, Bertie Ahern and Gerry Adams take part in the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country alongside local politicians, social groups, trade unions and members of the International Contact Group in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

(L-R) Mediators Jonathan Powell, Pierre Joxe, Kofi Annan, Gro Harlem Brutland, Bertie Ahern and Gerry Adams take part in the International Conference to Promote the Resolution Of the Conflict in the Basque Country in San Sebastian October 17, 2011 . REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Spokesman for conflict resolution group Lokarri Paul Rios (L) and conference member Silvia Casale address a news conference in the Palacio Aiete in San Sebastian October 15, 2011. Lokarri have organised an International Peace Conference on the Basque conflict next Monday and announced the attendance of Kofi Annan, Bertie Ahern, Pierre Joxe, Gerry Adams, Gro Harlem Bruntland and Jonathan Powell. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Spokesman for conflict resolution group Lokarri Paul Rios (L) and conference member Silvia Casale address a news conference in the Palacio Aiete in San Sebastian October 15, 2011. Lokarri have organised an International Peace Conference on the Basque conflict next Monday and announced the attendance of Kofi Annan, Bertie Ahern, Pierre Joxe, Gerry Adams, Gro Harlem Bruntland and Jonathan Powell. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Spokesman for conflict resolution group Lokarri Paul Rios (L) and conference member Silvia Casale address a news conference in the Palacio Aiete in San Sebastian October 15, 2011. Lokarri have organised an International Peace Conference on the Basque conflict next Monday and announced the attendance of Kofi Annan, Bertie Ahern, Pierre Joxe, Gerry Adams, Gro Harlem Bruntland and Jonathan Powell. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Spokesman for conflict resolution group Lokarri Paul Rios (L) and conference member Silvia Casale address a news conference in the Palacio Aiete in San Sebastian October 15, 2011. Lokarri have organised an International Peace Conference on the Basque conflict next Monday and announced the attendance of Kofi Annan, Bertie Ahern, Pierre Joxe, Gerry Adams, Gro Harlem Bruntland and Jonathan Powell. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen (R) smiles as he poses for photographers next to President of Ireland Mary McAleese in the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Taoiseach Brian Cowen poses for photographers in the President's residence in Dublin, Ireland May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new Taoiseach by President of Ireland Mary McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen and President of Ireland Mary McAleese gesture to Cowen's youngest daughter Sinead after his appointment ceremony in the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen (3rd R) poses with (L-R) his wife Mary, daughter Sinead, mother May, President of Ireland Mary McAleese, daughter Maedhbh and mother-in-law Veronica Malloy in the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen sits next to President of Ireland Mary McAleese after she pens the Translation of Warrant of Appointment in the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen (R) is presented with the Seal of Government by President of Ireland Mary McAleese in the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen (R) is presented with the Seal of Office by President of Ireland Mary McAleese in the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen laughs as he poses for photographers next to President of Ireland Mary McAleese in the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen waves to photographers as he leaves the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President of Ireland Mary McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND) 

Ireland's newly elected Prime Minister Brian Cowen waves to photographers as he leaves the President's residence in Dublin May 7, 2008. Cowen was today appointed the new prime minister by President of Ireland Mary McAleese after Bertie Ahern stepped down. REUTERS/David Moir (IRELAND)