Papers reveal plans for Arab-funded bank
The Government examined plans for a bank funded by Arab investors to channel substantial sums of money into Ireland, archived papers reveal.
Taoiseach Charles Haughey and then foreign minister Brian Lenihan were briefed on the finance scheme in late 1980.
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