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Sat 09 Sep 2006Biggest payment drawn on company chequeThe biggest of the payments to Bertie Ahern in 1993 was drawn on a company cheque, The Irish Times has learned. Padraic O'Connor, who was then managing director of NCB Stockbrokers, made the largest of the contributions to Mr Ahern around Christmas 1993 in the first tranche of money that he received.NCB refused to confirm or deny whether the £5,000 contribution that Mr O'Connor gave the then minister for finance was drawn on one of its accounts.