O’Callaghan faces quiz on ‘six-figure’ handout

CORK-BASED property developer Owen O’Callaghan is to be asked by the Mahon Tribunal if he gave in excess of £100,000 to candidates who were fighting just one general election.

The tribunal’s request arises from a letter, sent by Mr O’Callaghan to former taoiseach Albert Reynolds, in which he affirmed his support for Fianna Fáil.

Writing to Mr Reynolds on November 17, 1992, Mr O’Callaghan said: “It has always been my policy over the years to support individual candidates and, in particular this time, both in Dublin and Cork.