Cowen will not say if tribunal queried Boyne site purchase

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen has refused to say whether his department was requested by a state tribunal to hand over files relating to a land deal involving an associate of Bertie Ahern.

In the Dáil yesterday, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny asked the Taoiseach whether his department had been asked for the file relating to the state’s purchase of the Battle of the Boyne commemorative site.

Mr Kenny said the site had been bought for £2.7 million in 1997, only to be sold on to the state two years later for £7.8m.