Ahern lodgment ‘unlikely’ to have been sterling

AN AIB foreign exchange expert yesterday said money lodged on behalf of Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in a bank in 1994 could not be sterling, as he claimed.

Ahern lodgment ‘unlikely’ to have been sterling

Bank official Rosemary Murtagh said it was “unlikely” the amount over £28,700 (€42,000) lodged by Mr Ahern’s former partner Celia Larkin was in sterling.

Lawyers with the Mahon Tribunal argue the money lodged on December 5 was actually $45,000 (€32,500).

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