Miriam Ahern

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Miriam Ahern
Born
Miriam Kelly

March 1954 (age 69)
NationalityIrish
OccupationCharity patron
Spouse
(m. 1975;sep. 1992)
Children

Miriam Ahern (born Miriam Kelly, [1] March 1954) [2] is an Irish charity patron, the former spouse of Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and mother of author Cecelia Ahern.

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Charity work

Ahern is a patron of CARI, [3] a child therapy and counselling organisation. [4] [5]

Personal life

Miriam married Fianna Fáil politician Bertie Ahern in St. Columba's Church, Iona Road in 1975. [6] [1] They had two children, Georgina, who would marry Westlife's Nicky Byrne, and Cecelia, an author and screenwriter. [7] [8] Their separation in 1992, [9] was thought by commentators to have affected his party leadership prospects in that year, ultimately choosing not to oppose Albert Reynolds. [10] [11] The circumstances of their separation, and the lack of a personal bank account for the then Minister for Finance was the subject of political turmoil during the final year of Bertie's term as Taoiseach. [12]

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