Event: DIRT scandal

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

Banking Inquiry: ‘Doing your level best was not good enough’

Dermot Gleeson came before the banking inquiry not to make excuses but to provide explanations.

The lone voice of the whistleblower

No real interest in punishing wrongdoers

comment-analysis

Falling through the cracks

Where did it all go wrong? Only a Dáil with real power can find out

business

Banks set to appoint board members under state guarantee scheme

Saving the economy - Bank plan is still the only game in town

NOW that we’ve had a few nights to sleep on it the euphoria that greeted the Cowen/Lenihan initiative is tempered ever so slightly.

Fri, 03 Oct, 2008

Why not tackle the real criminals?

IN Irish politics you don’t have to look far to find people in glasshouses throwing stones.

Mon, 07 Feb, 2005

Banking on some delusions of grandeur

THE Irish banking sector is in a lot bigger trouble than people thought.

Sat, 16 Oct, 2004

The challenge for all of our institutions is to regain our trust

If any bankers are reading this, let me offer you my sympathy.

Tue, 03 Aug, 2004

Scandals show Ireland is den of thieves

WHEN you take the hype out of the responses to the NIB report it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the Irish banking sector has been the spawning ground for an ethos in this country that regards tax evasion and contempt for the law as totally acceptable behaviour.

Sat, 31 Jul, 2004

Ethics lose out to thirst for profit

THE Irish Bank Officials’ Association (IBOA) pasting of the Irish banking sector on Thursday before the Oireachtas Joint Committee and the Public Service was not pretty if you were a top banking executive.

Sat, 19 Jun, 2004

Consumer group seeks re-investigation of DIRT scandal

The Consumers Association of Ireland (CAI) has called for the Revenue Commissioners' investigation into the tax affairs of AIB to be expanded to include an in-depth probe of the DIRT scandal.

Tue, 01 Jun, 2004

Inquiries into AIB must be thorough

IT is becoming increasingly obvious to those who hadn’t realised it before now, the banks have been ripping us off for a long time.

Sat, 22 May, 2004

Scandals barely affect banks’ profits

MANY analysts are keeping faith with the country's two major banks recommending their shares to investors.

Sat, 15 May, 2004

AIB’s ‘administrative cock-up’

AIB chief executive Michael Buckley has described overcharging on foreign exchange as an ‘administrative cock-up’.

Sat, 08 May, 2004

10,000 letters sent over bogus accounts

AROUND 10,000 more letters have been sent out by the Revenue Commissioners to suspected holders of bogus non-resident accounts.

Mon, 12 May, 2003

Financial authority must have teeth

TALK is cheap and actions speak louder than words.

Sat, 10 May, 2003

AIB to meet staff pensions despite deficit

AIB promised to meet all its pension obligations to staff despite the existence of a huge deficit of over 700m in its pension funds.

Fri, 25 Apr, 2003

Who’s there to seal tax loopholes?

IN ORDER to entice private enterprise into the building of student accommodation the government offered a tax incentive under a scheme known as Section 50 relief.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2002

AIB markets tax avoidance scheme to universities

REVENUE officials have uncovered a complex tax avoidance scheme, which AIB has been marketing to universities.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2002