The charities regulator said laws giving it investigative powers must be enacted immediately.

Ireland has launched an attempt to extradite the ex-chief of rogue lender Anglo Irish Bank after he failed to be declared bankrupt in the US.

Sinn Féin claim the whistleblower at the centre of tax evasion allegations went to the PAC as a last resort.

The Jobs Minister Richard Bruton says he believes new allegations of tax evasion by politicians have already been dealt with.

A report by the interim administrator into the Central Remedial Clinic has criticised the board of the organisation for rushing into a pay-off deal for retiring Chief Executive Paul Kiely.

THE fallout from the end of the trial of the Anglo Irish bankers has spoken volumes. Now that little matter is out of the way, the wheels of justice, we are assured, will grind a little faster.

Ousted Rehab bosses Angela Kerins and Frank Flannery are almost certain to be forced to attend a public grilling to clarify still-unanswered questions about the charity’s finances before the Dáil’s summer break.

The Director General of the HSE Tony O'Brien has said the agency will mull over legal action against the former CRC chief executive Paul Kiely.

An accountant sacked by a national sporting organisation was “collateral damage” and “the jam in the sandwich” in a row between the club’s current president and other executive members, a tribunal has heard.

The Central Bank said it will not make any criminal complaints over the Anglo Tapes.

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has weighed into the Anglo Tapes controversy by taking a swipe at former bank chief David Drumm over his claims he was being made a scapegoat.

A top executive at Anglo Irish Bank believed the Central Bank and the Financial Regulator were "egging them on", when it came to the transfer of money between Anglo and Irish Life and Permanent.

Former Anglo chairman Alan Dukes knew about the tapes of explosive phone calls between senior managers at the bank, but did not bring them to the attention of investigators because he was not asked about them.

A full-blown tribunal into the banking crisis has been ruled out by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement has withdrawn his appeal against the High Court’s refusal to make a disqualification order against a former senior manager with National Irish Bank.

Up to Wednesday night, the term “Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill” meant only one thing — a €34bn noose around the collective necks of the country’s taxpayers.

Staff in two branches of HMV in Limerick have said they will continue their sit-in until they are paid what they are owed.

The decision yesterday by the High Court to extend for another year the investigation by the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the collapse of the former Anglo Irish Bank is more than frustrating for anyone who wants to see our justice system work effectively.

The appointment of an Administrator in the UK and a Receiver in Ireland to the HMV group has not invalidated any HMV Ireland gift vouchers, an accountancy firm has said today.

Thousands of people have been left with worthless HMV gift vouchers as the retailer confirmed it has gone into administration.

More punitive penalties for individuals and companies involved in white-collar crime are among a series of recommendations made by the former Director of Corporate Enforcement, Paul Appleby, to improve the detection and punishment of reckless and fraudulent behaviour.

The Waterford Pilot Training College which left hundreds of trainee pilots stranded in Florida after taking up to €80,000 in tuition fees from them is being investigated by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE).

A High Court judge yesterday expressed concern over the apparent “vast” undervalue of the sale of shares in two companies linked to insolvent developer Treasury Holdings just as it was about to be wound up.

Ian Drennan has been named as the new Director of Corporate Enforcement.

An airline and the parents of students owed money by a pilot training school expressed concern in the High Court yesterday about the running of the school in the last 18 months.

It could take three years to complete the criminal trials of persons arising from the three-and-a half-year investigation by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) into the collapse of the former Anglo Irish Bank.

The High Court will be updated today on what progress has been made in the probe by the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank.

WHEN Paul Appleby dropped the unexpected bombshell last January that he was taking early retirement, the Government went into a state of panic.

Director of Corporate Enforcement Paul Appleby attempted to boost his State pension by requesting that it take into account a period he worked in Ryanair in the late 1980s.

Richard Bruton knew a full two weeks before he told the Cabinet that the Director of Corporate Enforcement was planning to retire.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny strongly indicated today that the protesting Vita Cortex workers in Cork should get their full redundancy of 2.9 weeks’ wages per year of service.

The Taoiseach is attempting to rewrite history by blaming the Irish people for the country’s economic difficulties and accusing them of going “mad… borrowing”.

Tackling financial, white-collar and electronic crime are top priorities for gardaí this year.

VITA CORTEX was accused of exploiting workers and asset-stripping during an emergency Dáil debate into the dispute.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement Paul Appleby said today that his office is now focusing on the final two strands of the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank.

A PENSIONS and investment firm has been wound up after misusing €56 million in clients’ money to cover up troubled property deals.

THE High Court has appointed a liquidator to investment fund management company Custom House Capital Ltd after two Central Bank inspectors found serious misuse by CHC of over €56 million of their clients’ assets and cash.

THE Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore suggested that legal action may have to be brought against Irish Nationwide’s former head, Michael Fingleton.

A THIRD investigation file on the Director of Corporate Enforcement Paul Appleby’s investigation into the €30 billion collapse of Anglo Irish Bank has been submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

THE High Court has extended the investigation by the Director of Corporate Enforcement and gardaí into Anglo Irish Bank to the end of this year.

WHEN he introduced the Criminal Justice 2011 Bill to the Dáil some weeks ago Justice Minister Alan Shatter promised that the legislation would “put an end to any hint of a culture that suggests the white collar criminal is a protected species”.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement has said the time it is taking to complete the Anglo Irish Bank investigation reflects the scope and complexity of the inquiry.

A TAX rebate of almost €12,000 has been paid to disgraced Anglo Irish chief David Drumm, who is currently living in the US.