Revealed: how Bertie appointed Celia to post

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern’s nomination of Celia Larkin to the board of the National Consumer Agency was an impromptu decision which involved no consultation, internal Government documentation has shown.

There are no written records in the Taoiseach’s department relating to his decision to nominate his former partner to the interim board of the new agency in July, more than a month after the 12 other members were appointed.

The only record in the Department of Enterprise and Employment relating to Ms Larkin is a terse, one-line memo from an adviser of Minister Micheál Martin stating Ms Larkin had been appointed.