Taoiseach faces new controversy over Turner passport

The Taoiseach is battling a new controversy after it emerged last night that a passport for Manchester businessman Norman Turner was channelled through his (Mr Ahern's) office while he was Minister for Finance in 1994.

Mr Turner, who donated $10,000 to Fianna Fáil in the same year, was behind the controversial plan to build a casino in the Phoenix Park in the 1990s.