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Wed 12 Dec 2006'Friends would assist a politician in difficulty'What Haughey said at the tribunal: During the course of his evidence to the Moriarty tribunal, the late Charles Haughey was asked for his view as to the appropriateness of politicians accepting money.Tribunal counsel John Coughlan SC put it to Mr Haughey: "I think we can take it as a given that it would be inappropriate for a taoiseach to be beholden to anybody financially, would you agree with that?"