Michael McGrath, the finance minister, said that 30 per cent of the scheme’s lending capacity was targeted at SME sustainability investment ...

Another target date for the introduction of low-cost loans for home retrofits has passed but the Government insists the scheme is “imminent”.

A former Post Office chief executive has said he was not “clever” enough to ask what challenges were made to the Horizon IT system during a civil case against a subpostmistress – despite ...

The Post Office 'shredded' records of meetings about problems with its Horizon IT system, the inquiry into the scandal was told yesterday. The inquiry also heard the Post Office feared ...

A former Post Office boss who blamed cash shortfalls caused by computer glitches on branch managers "with their hand in the till" has faced a backlash. An email written by Alan Cook, who was ...

A top Post Office lawyer has said he and others "missed" a key finding in 2014 that it was possible to remotely access Horizon software. Rodric Williams told the Post Office inquiry that repeated ...

A former Post Office boss has apologised to a subpostmistress who was forced to leave her children behind after being jailed over an alleged shortfall of £59,000. Alan Cook issued an apology to ...

One such case dated back to 2006, where a subpostmistress from Northern Ireland was acquitted after successfully claiming the software caused a shortfall. Post Office bosses had long claimed that ...

A Post Office boss should be sacked after admitting he “bantered” about Horizon IT issues during the scandal, subpostmasters have demanded. Ex-postmaster Lee Castleton said the Post Office ...

A Post Office legal chief has said he was not proud to work for the organisation in the wake of the Horizon scandal. Formerly a litigation lawyer for the organisation, Rodric Williams is now a ...

SHOCKING footage captured the moment a shameless woman dragged her dead uncle into a bank in a bid to take out a loan in his name. The dead man’s head could be seen swaying back and forth as her ...

Bank employees reportedly grew suspicious when the woman tried to withdraw a loan equivalent to €3,000 using her deceased uncle's identity ...