A discredited former Ansbacher banker was today barred from running a business for nine years over his role in the secret investments scandal.

ALMOST €34 million has been collected as a result of the State’s long-running investigation into the controversial Ansbacher deposits.

A long-awaited report into the biggest financial and political scandal to hit Ireland was published today, exposing the names of 200 clients who held accounts with a ‘‘sham’’ bank.