AIB rejected an invitation to appear before an Oireachtas committee next week to answer questions about its €20 million overcharging scandal just as it emerged that another 500 customers were also charged fees without their consent.

FORMER Justice Minister Patrick Cooney wants a public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the Dublin and Monaghan bombings because he believes his reputation has been “impugned unjustly” by Mr Justice Henry Barron’s report on the atrocities.