Reynolds adds to Taoiseach’s woes

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was yesterday facing a second front in attacks on his personal credibility, as his Fianna Fáil predecessor Albert Reynolds questioned his role in the scandal that downed the Government in 1994.

In an interview on Newstalk’s lunchtime programme Mr Reynolds claimed Mr Ahern had possession of a report that was vital to his surviving the fallout over the Fr Brendan Smyth extradition case.

He told presenter Eamon Keane that he didn’t know why Mr Ahern had not handed him the file.