Executive ‘didn’t know about FG donation’

NORWEGIAN executive Hans Myhre told the Moriarty Tribunal yesterday he was “shocked and upset” to discover his signature on a cheque linked to a £4,000 (5,078) donation to Fine Gael.

He told the tribunal he had no memory of signing the cheque, drawn on a joint bank account set up to pay business expenses, connected with Esat Digifone’s bid for the country’s second mobile phone licence in 1995.

It was used to buy a bank draft to sponsor a Fine Gael golf classic held in the K Club, Co Kildare, on October 16. Nine days later Digifone was announced as GSM2 competition winner.