AIB, Nama adviser linked to HSBC row

AIB chairman David Hodgkinson and the finance minister’s Nama adviser Michael Geoghegan are heavily referenced in an investigation into HSBC’s concealing of Iranian banks transactions from American authorities.

The Department of Finance refused to comment on Mr Geoghegan’s involvement in the Senate investigation of HSBC, but admitted it had been unaware that any investigation had been under way.

A spokesperson for AIB said while Mr Hodgkinson was mentioned in the report he was not a under any suspicion.