Richardson cannot remember 30 donors

A FIANNA Fáil fundraiser has told the Mahon Tribunal that he cannot remember the identity of up to 30 people who agreed to fund the purchase of Bertie Ahern’s constituency office in 1987.

The tribunal has heard evidence that a decision was taken at a meeting in the Gresham Hotel in December 1997 by a group of 20-30 people to contribute money towards the purchase of a property in Drumcondra for the benefit of Fianna Fáil in the Dublin Central constituency.

However, the inquiry has so far been unable to obtain any records which show the source of a £56,000 sum which paid for the acquisition of St Luke’s.