Background
AHERN, Dermot Chris was born on February 2, 1955 in Drogheda, Ireland. Parents: the late Jeremiah Ahern and Gertrude Ahern (née McGarrity).
AHERN, Dermot Chris was born on February 2, 1955 in Drogheda, Ireland. Parents: the late Jeremiah Ahern and Gertrude Ahern (née McGarrity).
Marist College, Dundalk. University College, Dublin, BCL, law, 1975. Inc. Law Society of Ireland, solicitor, 1976.
Spoken languages: Irish, English.
Member, Louth County Council, 1979-1991. Member of the Dáil, since 1987. Member. State Sponsored Bodies Committee.
Member, Committee on Marital Breakdown. Assistant Government Chief Whip, 1988-1991. Member, Anglo Irish Parliamentary Tier, 1990-1991.
Member of State at the Department of Defence, 1991-Feb.92. Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach. Partner in law firm, Dundalk, since 1978.
Roman Catholic
Spouse Maeve Coleman. 1980; children: Dearbhal, Aislinn.