The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern's former partner Celia Larkin took the stand at the Mahon Tribunal this morning.
Lawyers for the Mahon Tribunal claim Ms Larkin has given three different versions of the lodgement of nearly £30,000 given by Manchester businessman Michael Wall.
Ms Larkin now says she collected sterling in a briefcase at the request of her then partner, Mr Ahern, from his constituency office and lodged it to her account.
But in her original statement to the tribunal, Ms Larkin said it was Mr Wall who lodged the money.
And in a later interview she said she had collected the money but said this happened in the office of Mr Ahern's solicitor, the late Gerry Brennan.
Ms Larkin said it had taken some time for her to piece together the events.
When contacted by the tribunal she was more concerned with the administering of the money as that was her responsibility.
She said most of the money went on stamp duty and a conservatory for the Drumcondra house Mr Wall bought and rented to Mr Ahern.
Ms Larkin admitted it was incorrect for her to say in a previous interview that that it was speculation to say the money was sterling.
She knew for a fact it was sterling because she had seen it put out on the table in St Lukes, Mr Ahern's constituency office.
Ms Larkin operated three bank accounts for Mr Ahern's benefit during the 1990s.
Yesterday, Mr Wall told the tribunal that in December 1994 he gave Mr Ahern around £28,000 mostly in sterling to be spent on the Drumcondra house.
