Resignation of BoI boss moves spotlight off AIB

THE chief executive of the country’s second largest banking group sensationally quit his position over the weekend after being caught accessing adult websites in breach of company guidelines.

Bank of Ireland boss Michael Soden announced his resignation on Saturday after a newspaper had posed a series of questions to the bank about his use of computer equipment at the group’s headquarters in Dublin.

The shock announcement came in a move that partially deflected attention from AIB which has been rocked by a series of overcharging and tax scandals in the past few weeks.