Former Ireland rugby international Brendan Mullin has pleaded not guilty to one count of stealing €500,000 from a Bank of Ireland (BOI) Private Bank, along with eight other counts of stealing various amounts of money.

The bank is warning its customers that if they get a call from someone who asks them to go to a website or to click on a link that they send, to just hang up.

Investors are weighing up the impact of the collapse on the outlook of European Central Bank policy. The ECB's expected interest rate hikes later this week are now likely to meet stronger opposition.

September's figures were 8 per cent down on August

The Bank of Ireland economic pulse for July showed an 8.5 fall on June's reading