Part four: ‘There is a huge ambiguity about Bertie Ahern and his legacy'

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The then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and then-Finance Minister Brian Cowen TD pictured in 2007. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien
The then-Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and then-Finance Minister Brian Cowen TD pictured in 2007. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien

The final episode of the series ends with a bang, or rather a crash, as Hugh Linehan and Pat Leahy detail how Bertie’s own finances are under the microscope as he faces into his last general election as leader of Fianna Fáil in 2007, while the global financial earthquake comes into view.

This is part four of The Ahern Years. Parts one, two and three are also available.