Dunphy evidence may support bribe theory

BROADCASTER Eamon Dunphy has given dramatic evidence to the Mahon Tribunal appearing to support the allegation that property developer Owen O’Callaghan bribed Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

As news of the evidence emerged yesterday, Fine Gael said it provided “even greater reason to disbelieve” Mr Ahern’s explanations for sums of money he accepted in the 1990s.

But a spokesman for Mr O’Callaghan described any suggestion Mr O’Callaghan bribed Mr Ahern as “simply untrue”.