Thomas Kenneth Whitaker was an Irish economist, politician, diplomat and civil servant who served as Secretary of Ireland's Department of Finance from 1956 to 1969, as Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland from 1969 to 1976 and as a Senator from 1977 to 1982, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. He is considered one of the most influential civil servants in the history of the Irish State, with his economic policies greatly influencing the development of modern Ireland.
T. K. Whitaker
The Central Bank of Ireland is the Irish member of the Eurosystem and had been the monetary authority for Ireland from 1943 to 1998, issuing the Irish pound. It is also the country's main financial regulatory authority, and since 2014 has been Ireland's national competent authority within European Banking Supervision.
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The former Central Bank of Ireland headquarters building on Dame Street, Dublin City.
The main entrance to the Central Bank of Ireland's former head office on Dame Street
In 2016, former Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan, told an Irish MEP to "put on the green jersey" when told of a new Irish corporate BEPS tax tool to replace the prohibited “Double Irish" tool.