Taoiseach insists no tax owed on €50,000 ‘dig-out’

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night insisted he did not owe any tax arising from the €50,000 “dig-out” he took from friends while Finance Minister.

The emphatic statement hardened up weekend comments in which he indicated that he would have to settle with the Revenue over the matter.

“If I owe much in the end, it will be very little,” he said on Sunday.