Ahern: I never held a foreign account

FORMER taoiseach Bertie Ahern has denied that he ever owned a foreign bank or building society account.

Ahern: I never held a foreign account

Mr Ahern insisted during evidence at the Mahon tribunal yesterday that he had only ever held such accounts in Ireland.

His declaration arose after tribunal barrister Des O’Neill SC wondered if it was possible that Mr Ahern could have forgotten having a foreign bank account in the same manner in which he had failed to recollect a series of sterling transactions during 1994.

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