HSBC Holdings Plc chief executive Stuart Gulliver offered “sincerest apologies” following fresh details of how the bank’s Swiss unit helped customers evade taxes.

One man was arrested today after the discovery of a diesel laundering plant and 60,000 litres of toxic waste in the North.

A man was arrested today following the discovery of a fuel laundering plant in a cattle shed close to the South Armagh border.

An illegal fuel laundering plant with the capacity to defraud the UK exchequer of £2.25m (€3.23m) a year has been shut down in Co Armagh, it was revealed tonight.