Ahern’s lawyer leans on blog-site

Liam Guidera of Frank Ward & Co., the legal firm who represents the Irish Taoiseach, has requested that material posted on the discussion forum Politics.ie concerning Grainne Carruth and the legal firm be removed on threat of litigation.

Announcement

Minister with responsibility for Tribunal calls for clarification from Ahern

Green Party Minister John Gormley calls for the Taoiseach to clarify his position

Minister for the Environment and Local Government John Gormley

Today Green Party Coalition Minister John Gormley called on the Taoiseach to make a statement to address the considerable public disquiet following revelations last week at the Mahon Tribunal.

Minister for Health calls for Ahern to address public disquiet

Cabinet veteran Mary Harney has called on the Irish Leader to address questions raised by his secretary’s testimony

Minister for Health Mary Harney calls for answers

 

Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney has called for her Cabinet colleague and Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern “to act quickly to address considerable public disquiet” raised by his former [...]

CARRUTH: “I JUST WANT TO GO HOME JUDGE”

Ms. Carruth exchanged sterling amounts for pounds and lodged them into Ahern’s bank accounts

Ms. Grainne Carruth, St. Lukes constituency secretary

GRAINNE CARRUTH broke down during cross-examination by Des O’Neill SC today.
After two days of vigourous questioning, Bertie Ahern’s former constituency secretary admitted that she had lodged 15,500 sterling into Mr. Ahern’s accounts.

SECRETARY LODGED STERLING INTO AHERN’S ACCOUNTS

Carruth: “I NEVER DEALT IN STERLING”

Ms Grainne Carruth, St Lukes constituency secretary

GRAINNE CARRUTH, constituency secretary in St. Lukes, told Des O’Neill SC for the Tribunal that she could not recall lodging sterling amounts into Mr. Ahern’s bank account in Irish Permanent. But statements from 1994 show several exchanges of sterling followed minutes later, at the [...]

March 18th, 2008

There was no-show at the Mahon Tribunal today. This postponement was unannounced on the website.
Update:

Treasurers of ‘B/T’ account claim ignorance

March 13th, 14th, 2008,19:30

The so-called ‘B/T’ account’s treasurers, Murphy (right) & Dillane claimed to have no knowledge of documentation for any of the trust’s yearly meetings since 2001

Dominic Dillane & J.J. Murphy answered questions about the ‘B/T’ account, an account set up by Tim Collins who was also the sole signatory for the account.

Bertie’s close friend Tim Collins answers questions about ‘B/T’ account

Tim Collins

Auditors for O’Callaghan’s Riga Ltd.

Richard Green