{"id":450641,"date":"2026-05-15T18:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/450641\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:23:10","slug":"bertie-ahern-regrets-if-anyone-was-offended-but-says-these-are-real-issues-with-immigration-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/450641\/","title":{"rendered":"Bertie Ahern regrets &#039;if anyone was offended&#039; but says &#039;these are real issues&#039; with immigration &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTFB0VmZFUUF5N3NHV1dQVW1rV010amQ2Yl9qWThWMWJ6bDNYS3Nqa3RLdHA5c3A0WEdMWkRSYUNhWUtGaE0wUVR2M3pJMDZya3JBOG5jMVNyM2JmUzUwQVhYUWQ3V0JzWmNLenNYd0tBNDBMaGlMY3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bertie Ahern regrets &#8216;if anyone was offended&#8217; but says &#8216;these are real issues&#8217; with immigration<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMicEFVX3lxTE9QMnBvQ0FmOE8wNThGQlJHeFJ3R2JTdjFneWFrdjF0UnotX1pkQnhJWTVtTVRMbC1GTDRzcW5qelk1ZzdPRk5aR2VaYmtjTVhfb0FFMkpFeG51WUdpYjBNRTdPYVcxWDZ3dU14T0VyWE8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comments on immigration &#8216;not careful or polished&#8217; &#8211; Ahern<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPamhtTHJKRWN4Y0NWZlppWFdSS3M5d0dNb0VLbURyMVByYjNVR2hGZUVydmRaMlRFaXdENGZBVVlscWZXSEh3RlJDMnhQY2pKNU1mWGJ2TVRLVFE5WnFLZndLbGdHeXVDdzM4TkhnbTdYNEpIMjB0RDVKVVNjZ3VXOEtseVNraEM5ZmVybVBhemxxd3JpSjh4eHMzZU41Y0VBOWJmdE1hZWVVUXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fianna F\u00e1il MEP calls for Bertie Ahern to issue an apology<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAJBVV95cUxPWHBWVm1oUGZmUWVLM3dqTW12MXQweTg3Nzl2cXgyVTVZVlRSeHdJZnp5a0VaVkg5R2ItcEw2c2ptWWpXNU5CV3hISXpvTy1Ib21fNTY1WWViQXRRdjJpbkhCaFMtWW5GdXhNc3FvVFV4Umdvdm42cDFuMXZ1TV82aS00WkJ4bENXbG5fZXVvVGN6TzU0T014VHhHSUQ5QjUwNjRhenByUFpzQlRsN2djRl9mSjBMRDlFazBvd3pjMXg2ZHd1NjlJbnlNdGhpQzRubHZoajRvcFpnQllYbjhCTFJmdndaSGVyNXJBV1VoWF9TNlFybFRiNUJac2Rqbjd0cjVha2JEdHo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bertie Ahern interview: \u2018I reject racism in all its forms&#8230; but it\u2019s a sad day if you\u2019re jumped on for talking about immigration\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE11TW8wdFZTZ0JsekV4ajZXSkpodDh4bHZQcXBGbGpIejQ2MDRSVmpNTmxxVlp0U19RNUVmUC1FbUNudHhFNHFtNHhKLU00YzluZVNkb05qTmplN1BMdkhBamJwWDY0MDJ3bVRiR3pEVQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bertie Ahern migration comments \u2019caused hurt and harm\u2019, T\u00e1naiste says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bertie Ahern regrets &#8216;if anyone was offended&#8217; but says &#8216;these are real issues&#8217; with immigration&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalComments on immigration&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[894,2126,895,42,1629,60,43,1650,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-450641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bertie-ahern","tag-controversy","tag-fianna-fail","tag-headlines","tag-immigration","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}