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Sat 10 Oct 2007FG raises Dunphy allegation on AhernFine Gael has described as "dramatic and potentially damaging new information" the claim to the Mahon tribunal by broadcaster and journalist Eamon Dunphy that the property developer Owen O'Callaghan told him he had paid money to Bertie Ahern in the early 1990s. Stephen Collinsand Colm Keena.The party's justice spokesman in the Seanad, Eugene Regan, said the testimony given by Mr Dunphy to the tribunal backed up the allegation that Mr O'Callaghan paid Mr Ahern for political favours and raised questions about the tax designation of a development site in Athlone in 1994.