The civil servant at the centre of Ansbacher claims will not now be quizzed by the Dáil spending watchdog.

The whistleblower behind the explosive Ansbacher dossier informed the Revenue Commissioners of 27 new cases of alleged tax evasion, 10 of which yielded "substantial" settlements.

IF the proposed city-sized theme park is to be located in Dublin north county, the central theme has to be Infamous Mobsters of Latter-Day Ireland.

AIB promised to meet all its pension obligations to staff despite the existence of a huge deficit of over 700m in its pension funds.