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Wed 10 Oct 2000AIB settlement on DIRT largest in history of StateThe £90.05 million settlement between AIB and the Revenue Commissioners arising out the DIRT tax affair is the largest in the history of the State, but the equivalent of little more than five weeks' profits at the bank.The settlement, £34.58 million in unpaid DIRT and £55.46 million in interest and penalties, brings to £157 million the total amount collected by the Revenue from five financial institutions arising from the affair.