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Matt Cooper: Ahern versus Adams 2025 – potentially the presidential contest of the century

In an imaginable scenario where the two political beasts face off, both would have a great deal of baggage to overcome – but how much would a modern electorate really care?

Bertie Ahern: if Fianna Fáil is in government when the next presidential election comes around, the former taoiseach could possibly be the party’s nominee for the Áras

Fast forward to 2025 and let’s imagine a presidential election contest involving Bertie Ahern as the Fianna Fáil nominee. After all, that’s the speculation that has arisen as a result of the party’s former leader – the Iar-Taoiseach, as he likes to be called – rejoining the party that he left in disgrace back in 2012. So, could he win if he wanted to run and was selected by his party to do so?

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