Irish Examiner view: No culture of accountability for bosses in financial firms

Ulster Bank has been fined almost €37.8m over the "deliberate" tracker mortgage scandal

Ulster Bank clients lost 43 properties, 29 of them family homes, because of overcharging in the industry-wide tracker mortgage scandal. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

This week we passed a milestone that does not reflect well on our systems, our civic morality, or our self-respect. 

Ten years ago this week the Moriarty tribunal, which investigated various payments to politicians, published its disturbing findings.