Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern says people in Ireland should be "eternally grateful" for Tony Blair's commitment to securing peace in Northern Ireland, recalling how the two leaders spoke to each other "all the time" in the run-up to the Good Friday Agreement, 25 years ago.

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern says people in Ireland should be "eternally grateful" for Tony Blair's commitment to securing peace in Northern Ireland, recalling how the two leaders spoke to each other "all the time" in the run-up to the Good Friday Agreement, 25 years ago.