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Thu 10 Oct 2009Ahern says country 'in safe hands' in his tenure

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said the country was “in safe hands” when he was taoiseach and Charlie McCreevy was minister for finance.

Mr Ahern said people were now trying to rewrite history “as if Lehmans never happened or Bear Stearns never happened”.