Career
On Eamons" death, Liam was co-opted onto the Council. Later, in Cork Prison, Maurice Ahern was the first man to go on hunger strike. Liams" son Michael Ahern was a Fianna Fáil Territorial Decoration for Cork East from 1982 to 2010.
Another son, auctioneer Maurice Ahern was a long standing Fianna Fáil councillor for the Midleton electoral area of Cork County Council from 1979 to 2009.
A farmer and agricultural contractor, Ahern was first elected to the 9th Seanad in 1957 on the Labour Panel. In 1961 he was returned to the 10th Seanad on the Administrative Panel, and re-elected by the same panel to the 11th Seanad in 1965.
After his defeat, Ahern was returned to the 12th Seanad by the Administrative Panel. At the 1973 general election, he again contested Cork North–East, where he came fourth out of the four successful candidates, unseating the sitting Fianna Fáil Territorial Decoration Seán Brosnan.
He caused a minor sensation during the Dáil debate on the seizure of Ireland Republican Army arms on the Move Files Claudia in May 1973 when he shouted out, "More guns we want, bags of guns."
He died in July 1974 at the age of 58, triggering a by-election on 13 November 1974 in which his seat was retained for Fianna Fáil by Seán Brosnan.