Bertie’s dig-outs, lodgments and loans: Following the lengthy money trail

IR£80,000

The origins of the investigation into Mr Ahern’s personal finances:

Businessman Tom Gilmartin claimed he had been told that property developer Owen O’Callaghan had paid Mr Ahern £80,000 in two tranches — £50,000 in 1989 and £30,000 some time in or around 1992.