NCB Stockbrokers made an after-tax loss of €77,000 last year, compared to a profit of €615,000 in 2008.

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.

THE directors of NCB Stockbrokers paid themselves more than €2 million last year as the firm swung back into profit.