The tribunal yesterday displayed a list drafted by the former Fianna Fail fundraiser Mr Paul Kavanagh in 1989 containing 15 names of people he says were then supporters of Fianna Fail.
The list includes Mr Ben Dunne, Mr Larry Goodman, Mr J.P. McManus, Mr Oliver Barry, Mr John Magnier, and Dr Edmund Farrell. In 1989 Mr Dunne was a major contributor to the personal finances of Mr Charles Haughey, though Mr Haughey has said he did not know this at the time.
He also in June 1989 made a £20,000 contribution towards Mr Haughey's political expenses. Mr Dunne's name has a line through it on the list prepared by Mr Kavanagh.
Mr Goodman was a central figure in the beef tribunal. Mr McManus, a currency trader and gambler, was found to be a central figure in the controversy over the Johnston Mooney & O'Brien site in Ballsbridge (as was Mr Dermot Desmond, who is absent from Mr Kavanagh's list).
Mr Barry has appeared before the Flood tribunal in relation to a May 1989 payment of £35,000 to Mr Ray Burke. Dr Farrell has given evidence to the Moriarty tribunal in relation to money from Irish Permanent which went to Mr Haughey.
The fund-raising for Mr Lenihan was organised by Mr Kavanagh and the Rooskey meat factory owner, the late Mr Peter Hanley. Money raised was given to Mr Haughey and lodged to the Fianna Fail party leader's account.
Mr Haughey initiated the fundraising. "The funds raised were properly applied," he said in a rare media statement last year.
The tribunal is looking into the fact that £220,000 more than the leader's allowance given to Fianna Fail by the State was lodged to the account in 1989. Debits for Mr Lenihan's treatment totalled only £83,197.
Yesterday, Mr Jerry Healy SC, for the tribunal, revealed that new payments towards the Lenihan fund have been uncovered. They are: £10,000 from the Irish Press group; £20,000 from Mr Seamus Tully (who appeared on Mr Kavanagh's list); £20,000 from Mr Magnier; £10,000 from Mr Nicholas Fitzpatrick, who does not appear on the Kavanagh list but who contributed via his aircraft parts company, Artron.
The tribunal is investigating whether this money was lodged to the party leader's account.
Evidence was heard yesterday from Dr Eamon de Valera, managing director of the Irish Press group. Dr de Valera contacted the tribunal to tell it he had authorised a payment of £10,000 towards the Lenihan fund in 1989. He had done so after being contacted by Mr Dan McGing, a former partner with Coopers & Lybrand, who had audited the Irish Press books.
Mr McGing could not remember anything to do with the matter, though he said he accepted Dr de Valera's evidence. He said if asked to guess, he would say he had been asked by Mr Hanley, who was a friend, to seek the contribution from Mr de Valera.
Mr McGing also had no memory of a lunch party in a Ballsbridge hotel attended by the late Mr Lenihan and his son, Mr Brian Lenihan TD, in late 1989 or early 1990.
Dr de Valera attended and said he presumed he was invited by Mr McGing but could not remember who else was present apart from Mr Lenihan and his son. He believed he was invited as an expression of thanks for his contribution towards Mr Lenihan's medical expenses.
Mr Brian Lenihan said he remembered the lunch and believed Dr de Valera was among the nine to 11 people present. He was not sure if Mr McGing was there. He has identified two others who were present but their names were not disclosed. He did not know the lunch was held to thank people who had helped his late father.
Mr Lenihan said he had no role in raising funds for his father's operation. He remembered the period of his father's medical crisis "very, very well," he said, displaying signs of emotion.
"My father was not an especially wealthy man in any way and to the credit of Mr Haughey, he came forward . . . and said he would help in every way possible."
Mr Lenihan said he had asked Mr Hanley about the fund-raising in 1989 but Mr Hanley would not name any of the contributors. Mr Lenihan said he had no direct knowledge of any contributors or even hearsay knowledge.
He never discussed the matter with his father, and had formed the impression his father might not have known all the details. He had not known Mr Kavanagh was involved. Further evidence concerning the Lenihan fund is expected to be heard today.
Evidence was also heard yesterday of transfers totalling $127,000 from US banks in August 1991, which were lodged to Mr Haughey's secret Ansbacher accounts. The money came from Ansbacher (Cayman) Ltd via the US banks, so the source of the funds may never become known.