Transparency International Ireland has taken particular interest in the protections afforded to whistleblowers under Irish Law. In 2010, TI Ireland published the Alternative to Silence study, which highlighted a number of important cases that demonstrate the shortcomings of the ‘sectoral approach’ to whistleblowing legislation. It accompanied the Transparency International report “Alternative to Silence – Whistleblower Protection in 10 European Countries” in which Ireland’s whistleblower safeguards are examined in a regional context. The study includes interviews with three prominent whistleblowers including Eugene McErlean, the former head of group audit with Allied Irish Banks. Mr McErlean reported overcharging and other wrongdoing at the bank, which he claims was then ignored by the Financial Regulator.