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Mon 12 Dec 2007Taoiseach says he will stay on until at least 2009Bertie Ahern plans to remain on as as Taoiseach until at least the middle of 2009 and intends to lead Fianna Fáil into the local and European elections in June that year, writes Stephen Collins, Political EditorHe also expressed the belief that he has plenty left to give to politics and will not consider his future until he is closer to 60.