Áras candidate was a guest at the invitation of a solicitor named in Panama Papers

Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin, right, with Jack Chambers. Photo: PA

Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin, right, with Jack Chambers. Photo: PA

Fianna Fáil presidential candidate Jim Gavin attended an exclusive private client lunch as a star guest at the invitation of a solicitor named in the Panama Papers over his offshore tax arrangements.

The lunch was also attended by a former senior executive from Anglo Irish Bank, Tiarnan O’Mahoney, who was ­acquitted of criminal charges alleging he conspired to defraud Revenue.