£168,135 lodged in account

Between March and September 1982, when Mr Haughey was back in power as Taoiseach, £168,135 was lodged to a Guinness & Mahon…

Between March and September 1982, when Mr Haughey was back in power as Taoiseach, £168,135 was lodged to a Guinness & Mahon account in his name, the tribunal heard.

Mr John Coughlan SC, for the tribunal, was asking Mr Haughey about accounts in G & M which Mr Haughey said he knew nothing about.

Referring to the first G & M account in Mr Haughey's name from 1979 to 1984, Mr Coughlan said: "So between March and September 1982, at a period when you were back in power as Taoiseach, there was lodged to this account £168,135.37p."

"That's what it says here," said Mr Haughey. He was quite certain he did not lodge any amounts to this account.

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"So, therefore, Mr Traynor must have got the money somewhere else. Where do you think he might have got the money?" asked Mr Coughlan.

"I cannot say," Mr Haughey replied.

Mr Coughlan said a second G & M account was opened in 1983. The lodgements totalled £210,000.

Asked if he had any knowledge of the existence of the second account, Mr Haughey said he did not.

Mr Coughlan then referred to a joint G & M loan account in the names of Mr Harry Boland and Mr Haughey. "Do you think it was Mr Traynor's form to do such a thing and expose two very close people to him to such a potential liability?"

Mr Haughey replied: "I would be certain that he wouldn't expose either of us to any detrimental situation."