Miriam Ahern (born Miriam Kelly,^[1] March 1954)^[2] is an Irish charity patron, the former spouse of Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and mother of author Cecelia Ahern.

Ahern is a patron of CARI,^[3] a child therapy and counselling organisation.^[4][5]

Miriam married Fianna Fáil politician Bertie Ahern in St. Columba's Church, Iona Road in 1975.^[6][1] They had two children, Georgina, who would marry Westlife's Nicky Byrne, and Cecelia, an author and screenwriter.^[7][8] Their separation in 1992,^[9] was thought by commentators to have affected his party leadership prospects in that year, ultimately choosing not to oppose Albert Reynolds.^[10][11] The circumstances of their separation, and the lack of a personal bank account for the then Minister for Finance was the subject of political turmoil during the final year of Bertie's term as Taoiseach.^[12]