Taxpayers face E2m Ansbacher bill

THE taxpayer will have to fork out over E2m to cover the cost of investigating the biggest tax fraud in Irish history.

The Ansbacher offshore tax scam originally hit the headlines when the tortuous money trail linking Charles Haughey to donations from Ben Dunne was uncovered by the McCracken Tribunal.

To date the Ansbacher inquiry has resulted in the recovery of E27 million in cases involving more than 70 of the 289 identified account holders.