The trustee is suing Mr Dunne and Ms Killilea in a Connecticut court in an attempt to reverse the transfer of tens of million of euro. At the time of the email, Mr Ahern was still a Fianna Fáil TD but had stood down as taoiseach almost two years earlier. He suggested that he and Mr Ahern later compare lists of potential “key personnel” in New York and on the US east coast. Mr Ahern appears to have recommended that Mr Dunne contact Ahmed Shaaban, head of a technology firm Fulcrum and the New York-based Irish-American lawyer John Connorton. He also appears to have suggested that Mr Dunne meet former diplomat, Tim O’Connor, a one-time Irish consul general in New York.

Source: The Irish Times May 18, 2019 04:41 UTC