Day of judgment - Clear danger to Ahern’s reputation

THESE next two days may turn out to be the most challenging of Bertie Ahern’s career with a clear and present danger to his reputation.

Mr Ahern and his legal team will have prepared thoroughly for his interrogation by the Mahon Tribunal. An AIB official has already expressed surprise after he was contacted by Mr Ahern and asked what the tribunal might know of his foreign exchange dealings.

Mr Ahern will have to give a clear account of how money was lodged in his name, why his benefactors provided him with that money and why he did not have a bank account for six years?