Landlord forgot to tell Mahon about gift of house

A MANCHESTER businessman has admitted forgetting to inform the Mahon Tribunal that he had left Bertie Ahern a house in Dublin because he didn’t believe the document that bequeathed the property to him was a will.

Michael Wall told the planning inquiry yesterday that the document, which left a house in Beresford Avenue, Drumcondra to Mr Ahern, was not a will “in my way of thinking”.

He explained that he had not regarded it as a will because its effect had lapsed in July 1997 when Mr Ahern agreed to buy the property from him for £180,000.