Bertie

The Man From Nowhere (1x1)

Udgivelsesdato: Nov 03, 2008

The opening episode of Bertie takes us from childhood through to the election of 1989. Insider accounts show how a formidable constituency operation was created around him in Drumcondra, a ‘machine’ that provided him with the electoral and financial muscle to reach the top. Bertie Ahern was born in September 1951, the youngest of five children. As a youth, Ahern helped his father on the city farm at All Hallows College, and followed every local sport. Friends from Drumcondra would form the basis of Bertie Ahern’s brash and energetic canvassing team when he was added to the Fianna Fail ticket for the 1977 general election. Not expected to win, Ahern found himself swept along in Jack Lynch’s landslide. Election to the Dail was a real achievement for a first time candidate with no money, and no family contacts.