Anglo back to haunt Kenny

The word “rotten” clung to the sticky Dáil air as the ghost of Anglo came back to haunt another government.

The controversy around the curious sale by the bust bank — renamed IBRC — of a firm called Siteserv at a taxpayer loss of €105m, provoked outrage on all sides of the chamber — but for different reasons.

The unusual incidents surrounding the sale feed directly into the pre-election electricity surging through the Dáil, as Siteserv was bought by a company controlled by tycoon Denis O’Brien, whose subsidiary went on to win the major contract to install the water meters.