Dunne to tell Moriarty Tribunal he forgot to inform inquiry of meeting

FORMER supermarket boss Ben Dunne is expected to tell the Moriarty Tribunal that he simply forgot to inform an earlier public inquiry about an important meeting he had with the Revenue Commissioners which was arranged by Charles Haughey.

The Moriarty Tribunal heard last week that a capital gains tax bill on the Dunnes Stores family trust was reduced from £38.8 million to £16 million following a meeting between chairman of the Revenue Commissioners Seamus Paircéir and Mr Dunne in 1987.

Details of the meeting, which were revealed for the first time last week, showed that it was arranged at the request of the former Taoiseach.