BERTIE: I WANT TO BE MAYOR; 'But only if I can have REAL powers'.Byline: AINE AINE Antiinflamatorio No Esteroideo (Spanish: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory) HEGARTY BERTIE Ahern wants to be the first directly elected Mayor of Dublin - but only if it gives him power and control of the city's purse strings purse strings or purse·strings pl.n. Financial support or resources, or control over them: the politicians who control federal purse strings; tightened the corporate purse strings. . The former Taoiseach has revealed he is interested in the new EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 202,000 post but only if it comes with real power. When asked if he will run for the top job, he said: "It's a thing I'd have an interest in. "I think the idea of having a Lord Mayor for Dublin which has full executive powers and a right to raise money is a good thing and I would certainly have an interest in that. "[But if it didn't have that] then it's irrelevant so there's no point in having it, so I need to wait until I see the legislation and the full details." But the 57-year-old claimed next year might be too soon for him to run in an election. He said: "I would have preferred if it wasn't coming up for another two years because I have an awful lot on for the next year, doing a lot of stuff both home and abroad. "I always thought the Lord Mayor's thing was coming up in 2011 but now they're bringing it forward." The former Fianna Fail leader, who has been out canvassing for his brother Maurice in Dublin Central, revealed he feels this is one of the toughest elections Fianna Fail has ever faced. But he insisted his party may fare better than the current disastrous poll ratings are predicting. He said: "Well hopefully we'll do better than what they are predicting. "They say we've only 10 per cent in Dublin and 20 per cent nationally. "So hopefully we will do better than that. "It's a tough election, the economic recession is difficult and policies that are necessary to get us out of it aren't popular but tough things are never popular. We just have to do it." And Bertie's older brother Maurice yesterday revealed how his brother has been pounding the pavement pavement, the wearing surface of a road, street, or sidewalk. Parts of Babylon and Troy are believed to have been paved; Roman roads were noted for their durable stone paving. Cobblestones were common from late medieval times into the 19th cent. for him in Dublin Central. He said: "He's out non-stop even though he's got ankle ligament ligament (lĭg`əmənt), strong band of white fibrous connective tissue that joins bones to other bones or to cartilage in the joint areas. The bundles of collagenous fibers that form ligaments tend to be pliable but not elastic. problems. "This is probably the biggest effort he's put into Dublin Central in 30 years because when he was the national leader he had to go all over the country and we didn't see that much of him. And Maurice told how Bertie is still received warmly at doors. He added: "All of the things he did personally for people they remember." CAPTION(S): HE'S MY BROTHER Bertie and Maurice Ahern out canvassing |
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