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Corrupt Banking in Victorian Ireland
The scandals that rocked Irish banking in the 19th century were little different to those of more recent times. In each case the men responsible - some rascals from birth, others corrupted along the way – attempted to absolve themselves on the basis that they had not expected things to turn out so bad, that the gambles they took had simply back-fired, that everyone else was doing it so why couldn’t they ...