AIB last night denied it acted inappropriately in issuing a statement on May 27 2004 stating several previous key executives had tax issues to be resolved.

KEY executives at AIB covered up the foreign exchange scandal, a report to be published today by the financial services regulator (IFSRA) has found.

NOT one of the names under investigation as a result of the AIB foreign exchange banking scandal will be named in the second report by financial watchdog IFSRA into the affair.

THE search for the next chairman of Aer Lingus begins this week following the surprise resignation of Tom Mulcahy over the weekend.