The persistence of one good banker exposed bank’s hidden dealings

WHAT does the Financial Regulator have in common with one of the world’s most famous dress designers, a bishop of France’s Grand Siècle and Scary Spice?

They all have some role to play in the intriguing story of Ireland’s latest banking scandal, which takes us from a beer brewing dynasty in Germany to a West Indies paradise island back to Garda headquarters at the Phoenix Park.

The story unfolded on Tuesday at the Oireachtas Committee on Economic and Regulatory Affairs.