How to audit the auditors still unclear

Ten years after the banking crisis, Kyran Fitzgerald explains why the collapse of the UK-based Carillion Group has once again resulted in external auditors facing increased scrutiny

This weekend, several hundred people employed on building sites operated by the Longford-based Sammon Group are facing into an uncertain future after the contractor was put into liquidation as a direct result of the collapse earlier this year of the UK-based Carillion Group.