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Thu 02 Feb 2007Ahern accepts Moriarty censure on cheques issueTaoiseach Bertie Ahern said yesterday he accepted the view of the Moriarty tribunal that the practice he had engaged in of pre-signing blank cheques from the Fianna Fáil party leader's account for Charles Haughey was undesirable.He said he was happy, however, that the tribunal had accepted his evidence that he had no reason to believe the account was operated otherwise than in an orthodox fashion.