Mahon to seek order for Times’s sources

THE Mahon Tribunal is to seek a High Court order to compel Irish Times editor Geraldine Kennedy and staff journalist Colm Keena to reveal the sources behind their story which revealed that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern received payments from businessmen when he was Minister for Finance in 1993.

A week ago, the two journalists refused to answer questions that could identify the sources behind the story — entitled Tribunal Examines Payment to Taoiseach — published on September 21.

Ms Kennedy admitted she ordered documents to be destroyed to protect journalistic sources. She did so after receiving legal advice and being ordered by the tribunal to hand over documents.