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Take a peek inside: Bertie Ahern's famous political HQ is now for sale

The 1930s redbrick is on the market for €595k.

Bertie Ahern meeting with US Special Envoy on Northern Ireland Bertie Ahern meeting with US Special Envoy on Northern Ireland Mitchell Reiss outside St Lukes in 2005 Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland Leon Farrell / Photocall Ireland / Photocall Ireland

THIS DETACHED REDBRICK home is a stunning building – and it’s also the former headquarters of one Bertie Ahern.

The former Taoiseach had his base here for much of his career.

Now, it’s up for sale for €595,000 by private treaty through Lisney. The ad says it is “suitable for a variety of uses”, including, one assumes, political activity.

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The building was mentioned by Bertie during his  Mahon Tribunal evidence.

In March 2012, the St Luke’s trustees, the so-called ‘Drumcondra mafia’ agreed to transfer control of the building back to the Fianna Fáil party.

With off-street car parking and a private garden to the rear, it’s a prime property on Lower Drumcondra Road.

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Lisney describe it as a “high-profile” detached property, pointing out that it was constructed circa 1930, and is “elegantly proportioned” throughout.

It was extended on the ground level a few years ago, and is currently laid out as office space.

It has planning permission to be used as an office with residential accommodation, but the future owner may have to get further permission from Dublin City Council if they want to use it as a private residence or for another purpose.

PastedImage-23148 Reception Room

PastedImage-69262 Another reception room

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Read: St Luke’s trustees agree to transfer building back to Fianna Fáil>

Read: Bertie and Brian need to get ready for some tough questions>

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    Oct 6th 2019, 6:59 PM

    No sign of Shane Ross

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    Mute SFNutters
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    Oct 6th 2019, 7:59 PM

    @Roy O’Rourke: headline needs fixing.

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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:43 PM

    @Roy O’Rourke: smell of him though

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    Oct 6th 2019, 7:34 PM

    “almost definitely could be potentially the whale that might have been in either Dublin or Liverpool port, while also feeding potentially most definitely feeding on fish, just before it was more than likely certainly murdered by climate change or potentially other causes, that maybe but definitely one of a long list of ways it could have died” classic garbish titles…

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    Oct 6th 2019, 7:36 PM

    @Cryptoalcho: Definately, maybe…

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    Oct 6th 2019, 7:49 PM

    @GerryCummins: .

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    Oct 6th 2019, 9:34 PM

    @GerryCummins: Perhaps

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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:16 PM

    RIP whale

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    Mute John O'Neill
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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:00 PM

    This the same wale who swam down the liffey to meet his mates in dolphins barn

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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:24 PM

    @John O’Neill: Ah here

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    Oct 6th 2019, 10:51 PM

    @Donal Connell: leave it out

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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:34 PM

    More often than not when you find a mammal out of its comfort zone the mammal is in trouble.

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    Oct 6th 2019, 7:07 PM

    Anybody find my bicycle whale on Dollyier?

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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:41 PM

    He must have been sick. Poor thing.

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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:38 PM

    More often than not when you find a mammal out of its comfort zone the mammal is in trouble.

    In terms of whales.

    A solo whale found out of its normal surroundings usually means that it is in trouble.

    Either lost from its pod or lost on its own.

    The next time you see any mammal in a position that you don’t expect it to be in presume it is in trouble big trouble.

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    Mute John Considine
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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:39 PM

    @Linus Robin: Eamonn Ryan in Dáil Éireann, for example.

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    Oct 6th 2019, 10:52 PM

    @Linus Robin: you ok?

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    Oct 7th 2019, 2:22 PM

    @SFNutters: I’m fine thank you.
    I realize that some of my post makes little or no sense.
    I will blame that on 3 people calling to my house mid post and not proof reading.
    Soz.

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    Oct 6th 2019, 8:53 PM

    Almost definitely?

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    Oct 7th 2019, 2:28 AM

    if not attended to quickly dead beached whales have been known to explode due to the build up of gasses if the whale is not gutted quickly .If your worrying about the smell now better cover your noses.

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    Oct 6th 2019, 11:14 PM

    I’d say it died because of the big gapping hole in the end of it.

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    Oct 7th 2019, 10:39 AM

    @Mumpsimus: that never killed your mother?

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    Oct 7th 2019, 4:51 AM

    Liffey river just doesn’t sound right

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    Oct 7th 2019, 5:25 AM

    I’d say that the untreated stuff coming out of ringsend nonwater treatment plant go him A national protest in needed save the whale campaign we can water we want save whales when do we want it Now.

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    Oct 7th 2019, 12:41 AM

    Towed out to sea and told to stay there but not where it could be a hazard to marine navigation. What kind of morons do this?

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