Former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder LIVE in studio in Chicago as part of Newstalk's partnership with Gateway to Europe.

They are a not-for-profit collective of Irish service providers hoping to showcase Ireland as Europe's premier location for foreign investment through events in the United States...

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