Something Rotten

by Simon Carswell

'Something Rotten' is a look at 14 major banking scandals in Ireland in the last 30 years. Ireland has developed and tolerated a culture of lax practice and weak regulation in its financial services sector. It took the sensational revelations at various tribunals to uncover some of them.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2006

About the author

Journalist. Currently financial correspondent for the Irish Times.

Reviews

[M Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a great book, but it was full of information that was new to me. The Republic's punitive stance toward bank managements since the Global Financial Crisis now seems more justified than I had thought.

Also, the tiny sums involved in the Eire predating the Celtic Tiger are truly eye-opening.