3 4 CHAIRMAN: Good morning, Mr. Murphy. 5 - The Tribunal of ...

210:36:051 Q. 4 And I think you've attended the Tribunal for private interview for the first2 occasion the 3rd of March of this year and the 2nd occasion, which was the 12th3 of March of this year, is that correct?4 A. Correct.10:36:245 Q. 5 Now, Mr. Hughes, I would like to begin, please, by reading into the record your6 two statements. The first is at page 27365 of the brief.78 and it's entitled "draft statement of Blair Hughes former manager of the Irish9 Life And Permanent plc's, Drumcondra branch".10:36:531011 "I joined Irish Permanent Building Society on the 4th of January 1983. I12 worked in various branches of the company and eventually was appointed manager13 of its Drumcondra branch in 1993. I remained manager of the branch until 6th14 January 1997.10:37:081516 While I was manager of the Drumcondra branch I met two or three times, Mr. Tim17 Collins who was a customer of the branch. The lower ground floor of the branch18 was open plan. I sat at the back of the open plan area. I could see customers19 queuing in front of the tellers. If I was in the branch and saw Mr. Collins I10:37:3220 would approach him and have a chat. I would on occasions complete a withdrawal21 or lodgement docket for Mr. Collins while talking to him and hand it to a22 teller to complete the transaction.2324 During the course of my time in the branch I became aware that Mr. Collins was10:37:4925 operating an account in the branch under two initials. I have been shown a26 documents relating to a B/T account No. 2352605737. I believe that this is the27 account that Mr. Collins was operating under two initials.2829 I have examined the following documents relating to this account covering the10:38:0930 period when I was manager of the branch.Premier Captioning & Realtime Limitedwww.pcr.ie Day 839