AFTER admitting she lodged sterling on behalf of the Taoiseach, his former constituency office secretary Gráinne Carruth broke down in the Mahon Tribunal witness box yesterday.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern would have given her oral instructions when he gave her money to lodge on his behalf, his former constituency secretary Gráinne Carruth told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday.

SO, ANOTHER strand of the Taoiseach’s evidence to the Mahon Tribunal is in conflict with the recollections of those who are in a position to substantiate his story.

FORMER building society manager Blair Hughes told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday he believed Irish punt lodgments to the accounts of the Taoiseach and his daughters came from cash exchanges of stg£15,500.

NUMEROUS lodgments were made to a second Irish Permanent Building Society [IPBS] account opened by one of the Taoiseach’s closest associates.