A FORMER executive director of National Irish Bank, Barry Seymour, has agreed before the High Court that he had not considered how the Revenue Commissioners would be paid the potential liabilities resulting from DIRT not being deducted from certain accounts in the bank when it should have been.

A FORMER executive director of National Irish Bank, Barry Seymour, told the inspectors who investigated the affairs of NIB that he believed non-compliance problems within the bank related were “an industry-wide problem” with other banks similarly affected, the High Court heard yesterday.

THE Director of Corporate Enforcement is seeking documents from the inspectors who investigated the National Irish Bank tax evasion scandal of the 1990s.

A FORMER executive with National Irish Bank has been disqualified from acting as company director.

THE financial services regulator (IFSRA) considered withdrawing National Irish Bank’s banking licence in the light of its tax evasion overcharging scandals.

FORMER executives of National Irish Bank could face prosecution for helping people set up bogus accounts.

AFTER a six-year investigation, none of 19 former executives at National Irish Bank is likely to face criminal prosecution despite their involvement in tax evasion and overcharging of customers.

THE director of corporate enforcement says criminal prosecutions against the 19 individuals named in the inspectors' report into tax evasion and overcharging at National Irish Bank are unlikely.

THE High Court will today rule on whether a report into the affairs of National Irish Bank (NIB) can be published.