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.
For a brief period in the early 1970s, Ahern worked as a secondary school teacher.
لفترة قصيرة في سبعينيات القرن العشرين، عمل Ahern كمعلم ثانوي.
لفترة قصيرة في سبعينيات القرن العشرين، عملت Ahern كمعلمة ثانوي.