Whistleblower pressured to ‘omit’ audit findings

A Central Bank whistleblower was pressured to “remove, omit and delete” critical findings from a draft internal audit report, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has heard.

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald informed the committee that she had been contacted by the whistleblower who has given a copy of the draft report to her.

Ms McDonald, under privilege, said the whistleblower has since left the bank for refusing to bow to such pressures and is currently taking a dismissal action.