Between 19, he served as Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce with responsibility for Science and Technology. During his career in the Dáil, Ahern has served on a number of committees, including the Public Accounts Committee, the Joint Committee of Health and Children and the Joint Committee on Finance and Public Service.
In 1984, he received his first major promotion when he became Fianna Fáil Deputy spokesperson on Transport in Charles Haughey's front bench.
Michael Ahern's brother Maurice Ahern was a long-standing Fianna Fáil member of Cork County Council but lost his seat in the 2009 local elections.Īhern was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the February 1982 general election and held the until 2011. Ahern's Grand-uncle, John Dinneen, was also a member of the Dáil between 19. Michael Ahern is the son of Liam Ahern, a Senator between 19, and a TD from 1973 until 1974. He is married to Margaret Monahan and they have three daughters, one of whom, Barbara Ahern, contested the 2016 general election in Cork East for Fianna Fáil unsuccessfully. In 1977, he became financial controller with a building construction firm in Cork. In 1973, he became an accountancy student at Coopers & Lybrand, Cork.
For a brief period in the early 1970s, Ahern worked as a secondary school teacher. He also attended Kimmage Manor, Dublin where he studied Theology. He was educated at Dungourney National School, Rockwell College, County Tipperary, and University College Dublin where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Politics and Psychology. Michael Ahern was born in Dungourney, County Cork.
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