Taoiseach Bertie Ahern noted the symbolism in a 2006 address in Edinburgh: Island of Iona is a powerful symbol of relationships between these islands, with its ethos of service not dominion.

The total number of collection sites is limited and distributed over a vast period of time: Maotianshan Shale and Balang Formation ( China ), Burgess Shale and Bertie Formation ( Canada ), the Šárka Formation ( Czech Republic ), Emu Bay Shale ( Australia ), Idaho and Utah ( USA ).

* June 26 – Bertie Ahern is appointed as the 10th Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland and Mary Harney is appointed as the 16th, and first female, Tánaiste, after their parties, Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats respectively, win the 1997 General Election.

Princess Margaret was portrayed by Lucy Cohu in the Channel 4 TV drama The Queen's Sister ( 2005 ), by Trulie MacLeod in the TV drama The Women of Windsor ( 1992 ), and by Hannah Wiltshire in the TV drama Bertie and Elizabeth ; she is portrayed silently in the second series première of Ashes to Ashes ( 2009, set in 1982 ) and subsequently complains off-camera about one of the principal characters.

* " Wilberforce " is the middle name of Bertie Wooster, a character in the novels of P. G. Wodehouse

In some Italian stories the scoutmaster is a tall, strong and wise ( but that fears flight ) goose called gran mogol ( the great moghul ), whose name is Bertie McGoose.

Agatha Gregson, née Wooster, later Lady Worplesdon, is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being best known as Aunt Agatha, Bertie Wooster's least favourite aunt, and a counterpoint to her sister, Bertie's Aunt Dahlia.

Fearsome and strong-willed, she is always trying to get Bertie married, though without success, thanks to Jeeves's interference.

It is a West Highland white terrier and was the center of the plot of Episode of the Dog McIntosh and its TV adaptation Tuppy and the Terrier, in which Bertie almost lost it to a Broadway producer.

Bertram Wilberforce " Bertie " Wooster is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves novels of British author P. G. Wodehouse.

Bertie ’ s middle name, “ Wilberforce ”, is the doing of his father, who won money on a horse named Wilberforce in the Grand National the day before Bertie was born and insisted on Bertie carrying that name ( mentioned in Much Obliged, Jeeves ).

It is established throughout the series that Bertie is an orphan.

Willoughby Wooster, upon whom Bertie is initially dependent for financial support, but who apparently passes away during the course of the stories, allowing Bertie to inherit a vast fortune.

Aunt Agatha is demeaning and demanding towards Bertie, leaving him quite unhappy about her involvement in his life.

An aunt by marriage, Aunt Julia, the widow of Uncle Cuthbert, appears only in Extricating Young Gussie but is mentioned by Bertie occasionally.

However, the relative ages of Bertie's father and remaining uncles are unclear, so it is unknown whether Bertie or one of his male cousins would be in line to inherit the title.

The verse ( Proverbs 18: 24 ) that Bertie partially quotes actually is praising the value of close friendship when it refers to a " friend that sticketh closer than a brother ".

Aunt Agatha is of the opinion that Bertie, whom she regards as a burden to society in his present state, must marry and carry on the Wooster name ; furthermore, he must marry a girl capable of moulding his personality and compensating for his many defects.

The cure is remarkably effective, and Bertie hires Jeeves immediately.

This was also the period where Jones created many of his lesser-known characters, including Charlie Dog, Hubie and Bertie, and The Three Bears.

The Irish government followed a similar line to other EU governments during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, with the Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, condemning the actions of Israel as " reckless and disproportionate " and calling for an immediate ceasefire on both sides, while also condemning the actions of Hezbollah.

Clarabelle also has a young cousin, Bertie the Jinx, a niece, Itsy-Betsy, and a socialite aunt named Miss Bovina, who have appeared in several issues of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories.

In all of these cases, Bertie feels himself honour-bound ( also known as " the Code of the Woosters ") to agree to the marriage.

Aunt Agatha also disapproves strongly of Jeeves's influence on Bertie, seeing his position as Bertie's " keeper " as further proof of self-insufficiency and unwillingness to take responsibility.

Bertie also has several adversaries who are constantly suspicious of him and on occasion, threaten him.

Papers released by the Public Record Office have disclosed that when Wodehouse was recommended for a Companion of Honour in 1967, Sir Patrick Dean, British ambassador in Washington, argued that it " would also give currency to a Bertie Wooster image of the British character, which we are doing our best to eradicate ".

( P. G. Wodehouse attributes a Magdalen undergraduateship to his fictional literary character Bertie Wooster ; Tibby, in E. M. Forster's Howards End, is also a Magdalen undergraduate, as is Bridey in Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited.

Former Taoisaighs Charles Haughey and Bertie Ahern were also brought before Tribunals to explain their acceptance of very large personal donations of money to them by private businessmen.

Fort Erie is also home to a number of other commercial core areas ( Bridgeburg, Ridgeway, Stevensville and Crystal Beach ) as a result of the 1970 amalgamation of Bertie Township and the village of Crystal Beach with Fort Erie.

He had previously hinted that the individual concerned was also well known to the police, much to the discomfort of Bertie Wooster and the amusement of Jeeves.

He not only had to rebuild a demoralised party that had been cut down to 31 seats, but also had to face a very popular Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.

The ambassador also described Mr Cowen's fondness for frequenting pubs and singing, saying he would likely be more approachable than his predecessor Bertie Ahern.

The Strand was also the locale where Burlington Bertie, the hero of another popular music hall song, sauntered along " like a toff ".

On March 8, 1947, she married Winston Frederick Churchill Guest, the son of Frederick Guest, who was a son of Ivor Bertie Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill ( daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough ) through his mother he was a first cousin of Sir Winston Churchill, also he was a national polo champion, member of the Guest family.

Bertie was also shown photographs of Elisabeth, but professed himself unmoved and declined to give them a second glance.

On arrival, Aubrey meets Admiral Bertie and also has to contend with the disparate characters of his captains.

The Government said that it would legislate following the report, but Taoiseach Bertie Ahern also said there might not be time to do so before the then upcoming election.

The Eighteenth Amendment was introduced by the Fianna Fáil – Progressive Democrats coalition government of Bertie Ahern and was also supported by Fine Gael and the Labour Party ( the two major opposition parties ).

The Twenty-sixth Amendment was introduced by the Fianna Fáil – Progressive Democrats coalition government of Bertie Ahern and was also supported by Fine Gael and the Labour Party ( the two major opposition parties ).

Bertie sends Gussie to Brinkley Court so that he will have the chance to woo Madeline, but also so that Gussie will be forced to take on the job of distributing the prizes.

Bertie advises Aunt Dahlia to pretend to have lost her appetite through worry, advice he also offers to Tuppy to win back Angela and — largely redundantly — to Gussie, to win Madeline.

While in England, Bertie also spoke with Dale, who came up with a suggestion.

Twenty of the schoolchildren also met Bertie Ahern, then Taoiseach, during a short visit to Dublin.