Former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi met Irish government officials in late 2010 about a potential €1.4bn Bank of Ireland investment — but pulled out because he did not feel “comfortable” with our control of the financial crisis.

German state-owned lender Depfa Bank plans to cut a fifth of jobs in its Dublin headquarters after it swung into a loss last year as it was put into wind-down.

The High Court has today dismissed two senior bank executive's claims that their former employers in Dublin owed them ten of thousands of euros in unpaid bonuses.