Ireland

The Republic's so-called 'bad bank' is subject to numerous investigations. The NCA recently provided a confidential briefing to Stormont's Finance Minister Mairtin O Muilleoir

An Irish court On Friday sentenced three former employees of Anglo Irish Bank to between 18 and 36 months in prison, the first bankers to be jailed since the country's financial crash. The failure of Anglo Irish, which became synonymous with the casino-style lending practices that drove Ireland's "Celtic Tiger" boom and subsequent bust, cost the state 30 billion euros (£22.1 billion), part of what forced the government to seek an EU/IMF bailout.

There has been a 40% jump in the number of suspicious financial transactions reported to the authorities in the last two years, according to Ireland’s first money-laundering report.

THE Central Bank of Ireland has issued a fine of €1.4 million to KBC Bank Ireland for loans issued to 'related parties'.

A 28-YEAR-OLD MAN has been arrested this morning as part of an investigation into Money Laundering of €2.8 million. Gardaí from the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau, which is part of the fraud division, arrested the man at a house on the northside of Dublin.

Margrethe Vestager, the EU chief who presided over the decision to slap Apple with a €13bn tax bill has met with counterparts in Washington in an attempt to smooth over relations on the issue of tax.

The Irish government and opposition parties have agreed that there should be a statutory investigation into NAMA following a report by the Republic's spending watchdog.

Northern Ireland's finance minister Mairtin O Muilleoir has said his department will co-operate with The Irish government's investigation into NAMA's €1.6bn Northern Ireland property sale.

First Minister Arlene Foster has rejected calls for a cross-border inquiry following new revelations about NAMA's role in Northern Ireland's biggest ever property deal broadcast by the BBC's Spotlight programme On Tuesday.

A Belfast businessman with controversial links to the sale of Northern Ireland's £1bn NAMA property portfolio has been hit with fresh allegations of Corruption.