Most lodgments to second account ‘from salary’

NUMEROUS lodgments were made to a second Irish Permanent Building Society [IPBS] account opened by one of the Taoiseach’s closest associates.

The tribunal heard yesterday morning of a personal account which Mr Ahern opened in the IPBS in Drumcondra in January 1994 and to which substantial lodgments were subsequently made.

Mr Ahern says most of these lodgments were from his salary, but cannot confirm the origin of two separate lodgments of £5,000.