WALSH WELCOMES LONGTIME IRISH TAOISEACH TO CONGRESS
 
Congressman Escorts Bertie Ahern onto House Floor for Rare Joint Session Speech

(Washington D.C.)- Congressman Jim Walsh, Co-Chairman of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Ireland, and past chair of the Friends of Ireland, released the following statement on Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern's historic address of a Joint Session of the United States Congress:

“I was deeply honored to accompany my good friend and partner in peace Bertie Ahern before one of his last and most prestigious official engagements, less than a week before he stands down from office.

 
Taoiseach Ahern is one of the finest public servants I have ever known. For more than thirty years he has served his community and the people of Ireland valiantly and with a prevailing sense of civic duty. Bertie Ahern's persistence led to the signing of the Good Friday Accord, the St. Andrews Agreement and more than a decade of prosperity for Ireland. I believe that will be the hallmark of his legacy: commitment to peace, prosperity and progress.

 
As a fellow elected official who will also be transitioning back into private life, I wish him and his family well in whatever future endeavors they choose to undertake.”

 
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