The Central Bank’s (CB) deputy governor Ed Sibley yesterday called for bank executives and directors to be held to account for overcharging at least 20,000 mortgage customers over recent years. 

A “radical culture change” is needed if customer trust in the banks is to be repaired and restored, according to the deputy governor of the Central Bank.

Credit unions have moved a step closer to adding mortgage lending to their suite of services.

One of the Central Bank’s most senior officials has warned that Ireland is at risk of repeating the catastrophic economic mistakes of the past less than a decade after the country was cast into financial ruin.

The high level of non-performing loans still being worked through after the financial crash is just the tip of the iceberg, the Central Bank’s new director of credit institutions supervision has warned.

Big Brother 3 contestants Alex Sibley and Adele Roberts rejoined the show tonight.

A prominent military consultant and a Bush administration official have already been linked to a Washington escort service that prosecutors contend was a prostitution ring.

An accused Washington madam today said she was sorry a former top US State Department official had been outed as a client.