Executive: A ‘messenger boy’ who signed cheques

A SENIOR executive with Cork-based property developer Owen O’Callaghan’s company Riga Ltd told the Mahon Tribunal yesterday it was “quite normal” to sign cheques without knowing why they were being paid.

During his evidence Aidan Lucey described himself as “merely a messenger boy” who signed cheques at Mr O’Callaghan’s bidding.

He said he had worked with Mr O’Callaghan’s companies for the past 35 years. Having started as a storeman, he took over the book-keeping when the accountant was killed in an accident.