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Manchester businessman part of casino controversy1 February 2008MANCHESTER, England -- As reported by RTE News: "Manchester businessman Norman Turner was the key person behind the Sonas Consortium that launched plans for a casino in the Phoenix Park in September 1994. "...The then Minister for Finance, Bertie Ahern, opposed the casino but in recent years his spokespeople have confirmed that during the 1993-94 period, Mr Ahern attended at least the Manchester United games as a guest of Mr Turner. "Ultimately the plan never went ahead but the controversy became public again in June 2000 when the late Liam Lawlor told a Fianna Fáil internal inquiry that he had been approached by Mr Richardson and told the Sonas consortium would pay him £100k to act as an advisor. "...Last November Des Richardson, the man appointed by Mr Ahern as Fianna Fáil fund-raiser in the mid-1990s confirmed to the Mahon Tribunal that Mr Turner gave him an envelope with $10,000 cash for Fianna Fáil in April or May 1994..." |