ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told the Mahon tribunal in February that he had learned of Celia Larkin’s repayment of money to Fianna Fáil Dublin Central from a constituency official whereas in fact he had been in direct contact with Ms Larkin over the issue.
Blog Posts about Irish TDs - (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
TODAY CELIA LARKIN, Bertie Ahern’s former partner, was questioned by Henry Murphy SC about receiving an unsecured loan of IR£30000 in 1993 from a Fianna Fail account in Irish Permanent Building Society, Drumcondra. …... Continue reading »
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
DRUMCONDRA HOUSE: CELIA LARKIN, ex-partner of former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, has said she did not know the price of the house Mr Ahern moved into in 1995, though she viewed and selected it.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
HOUSE LOAN: FORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern lent his ex-partner Celia Larkin €40,000 in February 2008 so that she could repay a loan given to her by the trustees of St Luke's in 1993, the Mahon tribunal was told yesterday.
Belfast Telegraph | National | Brea (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Bertie Ahern's former partner, Celia Larkin, is due back in the witness box at the Mahon Tribunal in Dublin today.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
CELIA LARKIN, ex-partner to former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, is to appear at the Mahon tribunal today.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
CELIA LARKIN has told the Mahon tribunal she was given €40,000 earlier this year by her former partner Bertie Ahern so she could repay money to Fianna Fáil's Dublin Central organisation.
Belfast Telegraph | National | Brea (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Celia Larkin has told the Planning Tribunal that she received a loan of €45,510 from Bertie Ahern prior to re-paying the loan she received from Fianna Fail to purchase a house for her aunts in 1993.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Celia Larkin has told the Mahon tribunal that it never occurred to her in 1994 that a house being bought in Drumcondra for £138,000 by Manchester-based businessman Micheál Wall, was being bought on behalf of Bertie Ahern or with his money.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Celia Larkin has told the Mahon Tribunal that she cannot explain why €78,000 was invested in Bertie Ahern's house in north Dublin while he was renting it from businessman Micheal Wall
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
Mr Ahern said he withdrew £50,000 from his accounts to provide for expenditure on furnishings for the house and gave this money to his then partner Celia Larkin. He said he did not see the inside of the house until after it had been renovated. The house on Beresford Avenue, Dublin, was bought for £138,000 by Manchester based businessman Micheal Wall in early 1995. Mr Wall put up money...
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008
... said. The tribunal heard the money was given by Mr Wall to Mr Ahern in front of his then partner Celia Larkin and placed in the office safe. Ms Larkin lodged it in a bank account the following day.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Thirty thousand pounds from the account was loaned to Celia Larkin in the 1990s so she could buy a house for her elderly aunts, but she only repaid the sum recently when the tribunal began looking into the matter.
Irish Election (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
The Drumcondra mafia, that is. Can anyone keep track of the last two days’ Mahon revelations, let alone reconcile them with earlier testimony? In particular, we have learned that it looks like Celia Larkin was never intended to be out of pocket, at least not anytime soon, on the loan that she got to buy [...]
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
The tribunal is continuing its inquiries into aspects of Mr Ahern’s finances in the 1990s, including the lodgement of sums of sterling to building society accounts on his behalf. It is also examining the circumstances surrounding the purchase of Mr Ahern’s constituency office, St Luke’s, in Drumcondra in Dublin. Mr Ahern’s former partner Celia Larkin told the tribunal yesterday that she...
