As head of the Irish Bank Officials Association, Larry Broderick is charged with the unenviable task of negotiating the best deal possible for 2,500 AIB workers while keeping compulsory redundancies off the table, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Cardiff’s Anthony Gerrard is devastated after missing the crucial penalty.

A suspected rogue trader was being questioned today after Swiss banking giant UBS discovered €1.48bn worth of unauthorised deals.

IF previous rogue traders are anything to go by, notoriety and possibly even a Hollywood film await the person behind the €1.66 billion UBS fallout.

A 31-year-old man was arrested in London today in connection with allegations of €1.48bn of rogue trading at Swiss banking giant UBS.

NICK LEESON said the revelation that a single trader lost €4.9 billion at French bank Societe Generale proved financial institutions had not learned their lessons.

Rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was today being blamed for aggravating the turmoil that saw tens of billions of pounds wiped off the UK stock exchange earlier this week.

Societe Generale bank’s chief executive took out newspaper ads today begging shareholders to accept his “apologies and deep regrets” after a trader at the bank was accused of fraud costing the company €4.96bn.

Nick Leeson said today’s revelation that a single trader lost £3.7 bn (€4.9bn) at French bank Societe-Generale proved financial institutions had not learned their lessons.

Savers at Northern Rock have ignored pleas for calm and queued for a second day outside branches across the UK to empty their accounts.

When people say someone’s led a colourful life, it’s the likes of Nick Leeson they’re talking about. Michael Moynihan spoke to Galway Utd’s ceo about Sunderland’s visit to Terryland Park, and Ewan McGregor.

Aer Arann have announced that it is teaming up with first division club Galway United in a sponsorship deal for the 2005 season.

GALWAY UNITED FC have appointed Mr Nick Leeson as the club’s new commercial manager.

Rogue trader Nick Leeson will sign on as the commercial manager of an Irish soccer club this week.

Singapore financial markets were rocked today after a Chinese jet-fuel supplier listed in the city-state said it had racked up €438m in losses on derivative trades and was seeking protection from its creditors.

THE AIB overcharging scandal deepened last night after it emerged the bank suspended a senior official on full pay.

National Australia Bank (NAB) said today that losses resulting from a rogue trading scandal were twice as high as forecast at AU$360m (€222m).

Rogue trader John Rusnak, whose $427m losses almost bankrupted an Irish-owned US bank, was today jailed for seven-and-a-half years.

A former currency trader accused of hiding €700m in losses at the Allfirst bank in the US today pleaded guilty to one of the largest bank fraud cases in US history.

FORMER currency trader John Rusnak will plead guilty to criminal charges in the €750 million trading scandal that rocked Allied Irish Banks this year, sources close to the investigation said last night.

John Rusnak - the trader charged with fraudulently hiding his €520m in losses - denies he was protecting his six figure income.

A rogue currency trader accused of hiding €800m in trading losses at AIB-owned Allfirst Financial was today indicted by a US federal grand jury.

Parallels between John Rusnak’s alleged €866m fraud and the collapse of Barings Bank expose ‘‘incompetence and negligence’’ in the banking world, rogue trader Nick Leeson claimed today.

The US banker at the centre of an alleged €866m fraud has met voluntarily with the FBI and federal prosecutors, his lawyer said.