There was a growing 'Anybody But Bloody Albert' (ABBA) movement inside Fianna Fáil that weakened Albert Reynolds' standing. Bertie Ahern was warned that Albert Reynolds' experience and name would resonate in any presidential contest. Reynolds, a former taoiseach, was effectively shafted in 1997 in favour of Mary McAleese. On 17 September 1997 roughly 100 TDs, senators and MEPs assembled in Fianna Fáil rooms at Leinster House to choose a presidential candidate for the following month. Reynolds later recalled that the then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern had telephoned him the night before the selection meeting.
Albert Reynolds did not grasp that there was a growing 'ABBA' - Anybody But Bloody Albert - movement within Fianna Fáil If Bertie Ahern really fancies the Fianna Fáil presidential nomination, he should remember two words: Albert Reynolds. Ahern might reflect upon how Reynolds, as a former taoiseach, was shafted in 1997 in favour of Mary McAleese. On September 17, 1997, about 100 TDs, senators, and MEPs gathered in the Fianna Fáil rooms at Leinster House to pick a presidential candidate for the following month.
If Bertie Ahern really fancies the Fianna Fáil presidential nomination, he should remember two words: Albert Reynolds. Ahern might reflect upon how Reynolds, as a former taoiseach, was shafted in 1997 in favour of Mary McAleese. On September 17, 1997, about 100 TDs, senators, and MEPs gathered in the Fianna Fáil rooms at Leinster House to pick a presidential candidate for the following month. Albert Reynolds recalled some years later how the then-taoiseach Bertie Ahern had phoned him the previous evening.
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