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An accountant has told the Moriarty tribunal he believes two letters in the possession of the tribunal are forgeries created by someone to cause mischief and to damage his reputation and that of others, including Mr Michael Lowry.

Mr Aidan Phelan, formerly an accountant to Mr Denis O'Brien, said the letters were wrong insofar as they differed from evidence given by him to the tribunal last year. The letters were given to the tribunal in March of this year by The Irish Times as part of an inquiry by the newspaper into an article it was preparing.