F1 star 'used pub cash to bolster private account'

Former Formula One star Eddie Irvine used money from two pubs in which he had a 50% stake to stop cheques bouncing in a private account, a tribunal heard today.

Two transfers totalling €15,000 were made from O’Reilly’s on Tara Street and Cocoon on Grafton Street – both owned by Mr Irvine’s friend John Foley – in August 2002.