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Irish ex-PM caught making anti-African and anti-Muslim comments on election trail

Bertie Ahern, who was Ireland’s Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, was responding to a potential voter who expressed anti-immigrant views — and had a hidden recording device.

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Irish ex-PM caught making anti-African and anti-Muslim comments on election trailBertie Ahern, who was Ireland’s Taoiseach from 1997 to 2008, was responding to a potential voter who expressed anti-immigrant views — and had a hidden recording device.
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