Banks put the squeeze on us while gardaí get to grips with McDowell

RECORD profits of €1.7 billion last year were not enough for AIB. They want more. Unlike Oliver, they are not on the breadline, being the country’s biggest bank with a 23% increase in profits for the past 12 months.

This equals €6.8 million profit for every single working day of last year, and much of it came from their customers in this country, many of whom were victims of the same bank through its previous nefarious dealings.

AIB is the pillar of financial institutions which sank to illegal foreign exchange practices, concealed information from the financial regulator and had senior executives linked to offshore tax-dodging schemes.