A ROW has erupted between the Mahon Tribunal and a leading Oireachtas committee over TDs wrongly implying “incompetence” and “mismanagement” on the part of the inquiry.

An emotional Bertie Ahern today officially ended his evidence to the Mahon Tribunal with a parting accusation that its lawyers tried to ’trap and trick’ him.

A MANCHESTER businessman has admitted forgetting to inform the Mahon Tribunal that he had left Bertie Ahern a house in Dublin because he didn’t believe the document that bequeathed the property to him was a will.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has avoided potentially embarrassing revelations about his personal finances after the planning tribunal yesterday postponed its public hearings until after polling day in the General Election.

THE former Assistant Garda Commissioner who investigated Tom Gilmartin's corruption allegations 15 years ago has denied there was a garda cover-up, the Mahon Tribunal into Certain Planning Matters and Payments was told yesterday.