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Sat 05 May 2007Mahon queries Taoiseach's foreign exchange lodgmentsThe Mahon tribunal has queried a number of foreign exchange transactions involving the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in the early 1990s.The tribunal has told Mr Ahern - during a private interview by tribunal counsel last month - that the Irish pound lodgment made by his then partner Celia Larkin on December 5th, 1994, did not equate to £30,000stg at the exchange rate that operated on the day.