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10414:57:541 MR. GRAINNE CARRUTH, HAVING BEEN SWORN, WAS QUESTIONED BY2 MR. O'NEILL AS FOLLOWS:34 CHAIRMAN: Good afternoon, Ms. Carruth.14:57:5756 Q. 624 MR. O'NEILL: Ms. Carruth, I think you worked with Mr. Bertie Ahern from 19877 until 1999, is that correct?8 A. Yes.9 Q. 625 And you have already given evidence before the Tribunal in relation to the14:58:1510 operations which were taking place in St. Lukes in Drumcondra which is where11 you were based, is that correct?12 A. Yes.13 Q. 626 Recently the Tribunal wrote to your solicitors on the 6th of March 2008, on the14 subject matter which has been the subject of the examination of the last14:58:3515 witnesses who were heard today by the Tribunal. And I will read that letter,16 it's at page 27275 on screen, please.1718 "Dear Mr. Millar. The Tribunal has been informed by Mr. Bertie Ahern that19 lodgements to his account and to the accounts of his daughters at Irish14:58:5620 Permanent Building Society, Lower Drumcondra Road in 1994, were processed at21 his request by Ms. Grainne Carruth.2223 The Tribunal has received information from Irish Life & Permanent plc the24 successors to IPBS, that lodgements in their, documents in their possession14:59:1525 confirm that certain lodgements to these accounts were processed by26 Ms. Carruth.2728 From the information provided to the Tribunal by Irish Life & Permanent plc, it29 would appear that a number of the transactions conducted by Ms. Carruth may14:59:2930 have involved foreign exchange transactions conducted within the DrumcondraPremier Captioning & Realtime Limitedwww.pcr.ie Day 839