Ahern's 10-Year Record Is Toasted by Investors as Ireland's Voters Grumble

(Bloomberg) -- Irish voters say Prime Minister
Bertie Ahern, facing a May 24 election, isn't doing enough to
improve hospitals, fix roads and cut class sizes. Investors in
Irish assets are much happier.

The nation's benchmark stock index has risen 180 percent
since Ahern, 55, took charge a decade ago. That compares with a
40 percent increase in the U.K.'s benchmark FTSE 100 Index and a
70 percent advance in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.


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