Wall: I gave Ahern £28,000 in suitcase

Manchester based businessman Michael Wall today confirmed to the Mahon Tribunal that he gave Taoiseach Bertie Ahern a briefcase stuffed with about stg£28,000 cash in his Dublin constituency office in 1994.

Manchester based businessman Michael Wall today confirmed to the Mahon Tribunal that he gave Taoiseach Bertie Ahern a briefcase stuffed with about stg£28,000 cash at his Dublin constituency office in 1994.

Making his first appearance before the long-running public inquiry, Co Galway-born Michael Wall claimed the money was intended to refurbish a Dublin house he planned to let to Mr Ahern.