Bertie Ahern criticises Cowen and Govt over bailout

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Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has criticised Brian Cowen's failure to communicate regularly with the public during the economic crisis, and was also critical of the Government's handling of the EU-IMF bailout

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has criticised his successor Brian Cowen's failure to communicate regularly with the public during the economic crisis.

Mr Ahern said that when he left office, his successor Mr Cowen had adopted a different approach by not doing daily doorstep interviews with the media.

'If you ask me, my view is you're better doing it my way, but he opted not to do that,' Mr Ahern Said

On Thursday night, 59-year-old Mr Ahern announced that he would not be seeking re-election to the Dáil at the next election.

Mr Ahern was also critical of the Government's handling of the EU-IMF bailout, saying he had wondered when he saw the Greek bailout taking place what contingency plans were being drawn up by the Department of Finance and the Central Bank to stave off the possibility of Ireland going the same route.

Mr Ahern said he also thinks that if action had been taken earlier in the year to signal a correction to the public finances, the bailout might have been avoided.
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