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Ex-Irish Leader Ahern Wins Rich Memoirs Deal

DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) — Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern — who resigned this year amid a probe into the secret donations he pocketed while in office — has struck a six-figure deal to write his memoirs, the British unit of Random House confirmed Wednesday.

Ahern's as-yet-untitled autobiography will be published by Hutchinson, an imprint of Random House UK in London. The Irish Times reported that the deal was worth more than 400,000 British pounds ($600,000; euro425,000).
Hmmm...makes you wonder what outgoing Irish Fest president Ed Scanlon could get for a tell-all book...