Tracker mortgages scandal is a shameful episode in banking history that is finally over after 13 years, but the stench will linger

Bank of Ireland was fined €100.5m. Photo: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

Charlie Weston

It has taken 13 years, but regulators now claim the monster tracker mortgage probe is finally over. However, questions remain about why the banks made it so difficult to resolve the cases, and the role of the Central Bank, which has taken so long to get to the bottom of the scandal.

The numbers behind the shameful episode are staggering.