The sign over the door is gone — but the debts remain

A BANK by any other name...

The Anglo Irish Bank sign may be gone, but the scandal surrounding the financial sector’s pay culture is alive and well.

Just a day after revelations that yet another senior banker, this time AIB’s ousted managing director Colm Doherty, received a massive pay-off to leave his post, an end-of-an-era moment was allegedly taking place at the Anglo Irish headquarters in Dublin.