The Menu is oft inclined to doff the cap to a pair of legendary Franks, Krawczyk and Murphy.

JUST when you thought our sleaze-splattered banking sector could hardly get much murkier, up pops a money mystery worthy of Hercule Poirot.

GOODBODY Stockbroker routed its clients’ money through a Caribbean tax haven in an effort to save millions of euro in stamp duty, according to the Financial Regulator.

THE Financial Regulator is being called in to a Dáil committee tomorrow to explain how it dealt with irregular share dealing involving AIB and Goodbody Stockbrokers.

MONEY-LAUNDERING allegations involving multi-million sums of AIB shares were not communicated to the Department of Finance, who remained unaware that a Garda investigation was taking place into the dealings.