Subsequent Post Political Activities
Ahern was appointed to an advisory board of an Irish company Parker Green International
He was appointed Chairman of the International Forestry Fund on 1 January 2010.
He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy.
He wrote a sports column in the now-closed Rupert Murdoch-owned Sunday newspaper News of the World.
In 2009 he earned around €467,200 from his speaking arrangements alone. He is registered with the Washington Speakers Bureau which charged $40,000 (€29,200) per speech—and he gave 16 speeches in 2009. He also enjoyed in that period, a €92,672 TD's salary and expenses.
Between his resignation in 2008 and May 2010, he ran up a €5682 bill for VIP airport facilities and a mobile phone bill of €8331. This amount claimed by Ahern, was the largest of any former Taoiseach.
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