SOLICITOR Jeremy Doyle has denied confirming he was to be paid €150,000 for entering into “dummy” contracts, never to be performed, for the onward sale of lands in Co Offaly at the centre of a land deal “scam” allegedly driven by former FF Cllr Gerard Killally.

IRISH politicians won’t thank Eddie O’Sullivan for making resignations fashionable as Bertie Ahern’s tribunal troubles took another turn for the worse this week.

AIB official Jim McNamara had “no explanation” yesterday for telling the Mahon Tribunal in June 2006 he was unaware Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s former partner Celia Larkin handled large cash transactions at his Dublin branch.