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Taoiseach Bertie Ahern greets President Mary McAleese at Croke Park on Saturday. On the left is Paddy "The Plasterer" Reilly, one of the businessmen who gave Mr Ahern a "dig-out" when he was minister for finance in the early 1990s.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern greets President Mary McAleese at Croke Park on Saturday. On the left is Paddy "The Plasterer" Reilly, one of the businessmen who gave Mr Ahern a "dig-out" when he was minister for finance in the early 1990s.


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