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Fri 07 Jul 2007Taoiseach wants honours system to reward peopleTaoiseach Bertie Ahern has said an Irish honours system should be created to mark the achievements of people such as golfing star Padraig Harrington and those who make extraordinary contributions to society, write Mark Hennessy& Philip Reid."Increasingly what we are seeing is [that] the British are now honouring Irish citizens. There's been a number of them in the last five years," Mr Ahern said yesterday at a reception he hosted in Government Buildings to mark Harrington's British Open victory.