Full coverage: IFSC

The Currency has tracked €13 billion domiciled in the IFSC by sanctioned Russian firms and their subsidiaries. This money is now frozen but the Irish government is about to feel the heat over its light-touch financial regulation and willingness to look away.

Former minister and MEP Brian Hayes has bowed out of politics, preferring a new challenge as chief executive of the Irish Banking and Payments Federation. He talks about his transition to the private sector, fintech, the future of Irish banking and the long shadow cast by the recession.