Report details ex-premier’s secret funds
Former Prime Minister Charles Haughey received more than $15 million in secret payments and lied about his knowledge of the funds, according to an official report on Ireland’s biggest political scandal.
The 704-page dossier by a fact-finding tribunal details the clandestine finances of Haughey, who served four terms from 1979 to 1992 and then spent a decade battling investigations of his mysterious wealth. Haughey, 80, died in June of prostate cancer.
A judge said one donor received support from Haughey in his firm’s battle to avoid paying a $64-million tax bill.
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