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  • 28-11-2007 10:19pm
    #1
    Steyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,266 ✭✭✭


    Reynolds made Bahamas stop in Govt jet
    Wednesday, 28 November 2007 20:09


    The Mahon Tribunal has heard that during an official visit to the Bahamas in 1994 on his way back from the US, the then Taoiseach Albert Reynolds made an unscheduled stop in Freeport.

    The head of the Aer Corps, Brigadier General Ralph James, testified today that no reason was recorded for the stopover.

    He also testified that the day before the flight to the US, Mr Reynolds was picked up in Cork by helicopter.

    Former developer Tom Gilmartin has testified that rival developer Owen O'Callaghan told him he gave Mr Reynolds £150,000 after a dinner in Cork in March 1994.

    In a statement this evening, the Fianna Fáil TD, Martin Mansergh, who was a special adviser to Albert Reynolds and accompanied him, said the trip to the Bahamas was a formal visit.

    However Mr Mansergh's statement made no reference to the testimony about an unscheduled stop at Freeport.


    http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/1128/mahon.html


Comments

  • #2
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,486 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Oh, the horrors.

    Maybe the Bahamian Prime Minister (or Governor General, or whatever they had) suggested to Al that he should stop by Freetown as it's a nice place? I mean, if it's more or less on route anyway, what's the issue?

    NTM


  • #3
    Steyr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,266 ✭✭✭Steyr


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    I mean, if it's more or less on route anyway, what's the issue?

    Money thats the issue and off shore accounts, thats why she landed there its alleged..................


  • #4
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,486 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    If he wanted to stop by the bank, surely they'd have had a branch wherever in Bermuda he had been making the official visit.

    NTM


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