Flynn denies assisting tax evasion
Thursday, 29 April 2004 22:38
Beverly Flynn has said that she feels personally let down by the moves to expel her from Fianna Fáil.
Speaking on RTÉ's Primetime programme tonight she again denied assisting or encouraging tax evasion and said that, while employed by the National Irish Bank she was simply doing her job.
She said she feels she is carrying a heavy burden on behalf of banking in Ireland.
Ahern rejects pressure on Flynn issue
The Taoiseach has rejected pressure from the Fianna Fáil organisation in Mayo to allow the Fianna Fáil TD, Beverley Flynn, to remain a member of the party.
Bertie Ahern said he was not prepared to change his mind on the issue and supported moves which had been begun by the party leadership to expel her.
In Galway this morning, Bertie Ahern told RTÉ News that the Mayo deputy would be given an opportunity to state her case at meetings of both the parliamentary party and the national executive next week.
Ms Flynn lost her appeal after the Supreme Court upheld the verdict of a jury in the High Court that she had facilitated tax evasion while working for the National Irish Bank.
Mr Ahern said that the situation was 'a difficult one' for Deputy Flynn. He said he was bound by the rules of the party and that her case would be processed properly and fairly.
RTÉ & Howard awarded Flynn costs
Meanwhile, costs arising from Ms Flynn's libel trial have been awarded to RTÉ and the farmer, James Howard.
Lawyers for Ms Flynn did not oppose the application for costs by the defendants for the two-day appeal.
The Fianna Fáil TD is already facing a legal bill estimated at over ¤2 million for the High Court action.
- Morning Ireland: Richard Dowling, North East Correspondent, speaks to farmer James Howard, whose story started the chain reaction which culminated in yesterday's decision at the Supreme Court
- Morning Ireland: Aoife Kavanagh discusses the reaction of politicians and non-politicians in Beverley Flynn's native Mayo to the Supreme Court decision
- Morning Ireland: Joe Taylor reads excerpts from yesterday's judgement from Chief Justice Ronan Keane, in which the judge alludes to aspects of the Bruce Grobbelaar libel action in Britain in 2001
- News At One: Solicitor Paula Mullooly says vindication of a reputation need not be a costly or lengthy process
- News At One: Emma Counihan reports on TD reaction to the case
- 9 News: Jim Fahy, Western Correspondent, reports from Mayo
- 6.1 News: Jim Fahy, Western Correspondent, reports on the Taoiseach's resistance to pressure from Mayo FF members
- Prime Time: Ms Flynn talks about moves to expel her from Fianna Fáil following yesterday's court action
- Prime Time: Kevin Rafter reports on the background to the libel bid and the allegations that were made against the Mayo TD
- News At One: Jim Fahy, Western Correspondent, reports that the Taoiseach was firm in the face of Mayo opinion
- Morning Ireland: David McCullagh, Political Correspondent, assesses Deputy Flynn's statement of defiance in relation to her political career
- Morning Ireland: Beverley Flynn insists that her political career is not over
- Morning Ireland: Aoife Kavanagh gets the local reaction in Castlebar to Beverley Flynn's latest difficulties
- 1 News: Jim Fahy, Western Correspondent, reports on Bertie Ahern's insistence that Beverley Flynn be expelled from Fianna Fáil after she lost her Supreme Court libel action appeal
