AIB’s failure to comply with anti-money laundering reporting procedures was a stain on the lender, chairman Richard Pym has said. There was “no excuse” and the failing was “a stain” on the bank, he told shareholders.

A former high-flying bank executive who exposed alleged law-breaking in the industry a year before the crash is relying on friends for food, he has told a parliamentary watchdog.

I WISH to express my support for Dr Steven King on his excellent analysis of the Arab/Israeli conflict (Irish Examiner, July 5).

IT WAS with indignation and great concern that I read Dr Steven King’s column (Irish Examiner, July 5).