He started professional life as a lock at London Irish before former England coach Brian Ashton suggested a switch to wing at Bath, where Banahan moved in 2006.
After last year's Christmas exodus by southern shoppers, Irish finance minister Brian Lenihan suggested it was "unpatriotic" of them to shop in Northern Ireland rather than boost the ailing economy in the south.
"I don't have a dog in this race, so I don't want to be painted as a guy who's trying to mask anything, " Payne said when Jackson lawyer Brian Panish suggested he was downplaying concerns about Jackson's health in the days before he died.