FOR sentimental reasons, Maureen Gunne told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday she has kept Bertie Ahern’s personal cheque for €5,914 — the proceeds of a loan, plus interest — given to the Taoiseach by her late husband Fintan 13 years earlier.

A DIRECTOR of NCB Stockbrokers told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday he and a senior colleague were “not particularly happy” a bogus invoice was used to make a payment linked to Bertie Ahern.

A FORMER director of NCB Stockbrokers told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday he believed a £5,000 company payment made to Bertie Ahern 14 years ago was a political donation.

IN September 2006 An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern went on RTÉ and described NCB stockbroker Padraic O’Connor as among his long-standing friends.