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  • Ahern helped casino promoter get passport

    22:16 Taoiseach Bertie Ahern assisted a Manchester-based businessman to obtain an Irish passport in 1994, it emerged tonight. Mr Ahern's spokesman denied any "sinister" motive behind the issuing of the passport to casino promoter Norman Turner and said any member of the Oireachtas could assist someone to obtain a passport within five days. A passport issued to Mr Turner in 1994 was returned via Mr Ahern's office, Fine Gael established.
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