Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

A handful of poor people from Drumcondra are beleaguered because they have known me for 40 years but that is how it is. It is not practice and I do not agree with packing boards on the eve of a general election. The practice has been that after a general election people tend to pack boards. I do not agree with that practice and have always tried to avoid engaging in it. My record in that regard is very good.

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