A Sinn Féin TD has used Dáil privilege to name a number of politicians she says have been named in a dossier of alleged tax evasion.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s habit of signing blank cheques for Charles Haughey “undoubtedly facilitated the misuse” of taxpayer funds by the late party leader, according to the first report of the Moriarty Tribunal.

THE Moriarty Tribunal yesterday gave details of its latest probe into possible links between former Taoiseach Charles J Haughey and the private sale of State lands in Wicklow to the Roadstone company.

ALMOST €34 million has been collected as a result of the State’s long-running investigation into the controversial Ansbacher deposits.

FORMER Taoiseach Charles Haughey is likely to come under pressure to sell off another part of his beloved Abbeville estate to finance a €5m tax bill.