THE High Court has been asked to bar former National Irish Bank (NIB) chief executive Jim Lacey from involvement in any company.

The home teams were to the fore this afternoon as the 2009 GAA Ulster Senior Hurling Championship got underway with Armagh, Fermanagh and Donegal securing quarter-final berths for next weekend.

A former senior manager with National Irish Bank has been disqualified by the High Court for a period of four years from involvement in the management of a company on grounds of unfitness.

TWO former senior managers with National Irish Bank have been disqualified from involvement in the management of a company on grounds of unfitness arising from the investigation into the 1990s tax evasion scandal.

Two former senior managers with National Irish Bank has been disqualified by the High Court from involvement in the management of a company on grounds of unfitness arising from the findings of the investigation into the 1990s tax evasion scandal in the bank.

Monaghan's hurlers beat the South Down selection 2-10 to 3-03 at Clones this afternoon to record their first win of the 2008 NHL Division 4.

A FORMER head of finance with National Irish Bank is opposing an application by the director of corporate enforcement for a court order disqualifying him from involvement in the management of any company on unfitness grounds.

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.

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.

PERSONAL security has become big business in Ireland following the recent spate of hostage-taking extortion bids.

PERSONAL security has become big business in Ireland following the recent spate of hostage-taking extortion bids.

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.

Tánaiste Mary Harney today called on former Fianna Fáil TD Beverley Flynn to resign her seat in the wake of the National Irish Bank scandal.

NOBODY will go to jail! The whole country knows this despite the revelation that for years National Irish Bank systematically stole its own customers’ money, cheated the taxman and defrauded the State.

NATIONAL Irish Bank overcharged thousands of customers on fees and interest rates because of the workload they imposed on its employees.

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.

KMPG, one of the country’s largest accountancy firms, has had adverse findings made against it in the inspectors’ report into the affairs of National Irish Bank.

NATIONAL Irish bank has been hit with a total bill of €64 million after a devastating report revealed widespread tax evasion and overcharging at the bank.

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 inspector’s report into practices at National Irish Bank has found that the bank unlawfully encouraged people to evade tax through bogus non-resident accounts.

One soldier was killed and 13 injured today when grenades exploded at a US 101st Airborne Division command tent in Kuwait. A US soldier was detained as a suspect in the attack, the Army said.