Article: Bertie back making mischief; 1.Im in charge: Brian Cowen and Valdis Zatlers yesterday 2.Where did it all go wrong, Brian? Injured Bertie Ahern at the Dublin Zoo launch yesterday.

Byline: Scott Millar

BERTIE AHERN has launched an offensive promoting the success of his leadership, amid speculation that he will return to election politics.

As the former taoiseach boasted he left the nations books in a healthy state, the producer of RT[ETH]s new blockbuster series on him aired last night has revealed Mr Ahern still has political ambitions.

Mr Ahern said: The economic figures for the first four months of the year were actually good. It was from June on the real problems started. There was no great concern when I left office.

Critics have interpreted this as a veiled dig at Taoiseach Brian Cowens attempts to keep his ...

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