THE OWNER of the Irish Independent, Dr Tony O’Reilly, denied having any responsibility for the Payback Time editorial on the front page of the newspaper on the day of the 1997 General Election.

NORWEGIAN executive Hans Myhre told the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday he was “shocked and upset” to discover his signature on a cheque linked to a £4,000 (5,078) donation to Fine Gael.