Man gave money 'to alleviate Bertie's financial difficulties'

One of the businessmen who attended a function in Manchester in 1994, at which Bertie Ahern claims he was given Stg£8,000 in a whip-around, has changed his reason for donating the money.

In his response to queries from the Mahon Tribunal last year, John Kennedy said he, along with the late Tim Kilroe and others, had organised a dinner in Manchester in 1994 at which Bertie Ahern spoke on the subject of future prospects for the Irish economy.