Inquiry call over former bankers’ rental deal

THE Government is facing calls for an investigation into a €25 million agreement with two former Anglo and AIB bankers for the renting of civil service offices.

Despite massive drops in rent values, the Government signed up to a 24% rent increase earlier this year for buildings in Galway.

The beneficiaries of the deal are former AIB manager John Hughes and former Anglo director John Browne, trading under the name Ballybrit Partnership.