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How Adverse Media Screening Supports Due Diligence (2026)

shane@search4less.com (Shane Considine) — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:39:11 GMT

Adverse media screening is the process of searching public sources for negative information about an individual or entity before you take them on as a client. It covers fraud allegations, money laundering investigations, regulatory enforcement actions, court proceedings and similar red flags.

PEP and Sanctions Checks: A Guide to Director Risk Screening

shane@search4less.com (Shane Considine) — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:45:06 GMT

Director risk screening is the process of checking a named individual against PEP lists, sanctions registers and adverse media sources before you accept a client engagement or approve a new appointment. For accountants in Ireland and the UK, this check sits at the centre of your AML obligations under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts 2010 to 2021 and the Money Laundering Regulations 2017.

This guide covers what PEP, sanctions and adverse media screening involves in practice, what regulators expect from your firm's records, and how to evaluate the evidence your screening process produces. The Search4less Due Diligence add-on runs checks that surface PEPs, global sanctions and adverse media hits, returning results you can save directly to the client file.

Oldest Companies in Ireland: 81 Older Than the State

shane@search4less.com (Shane Considine) — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:44:29 GMT

81 companies currently on the Companies Registration Office (CRO) register were registered before 1922, which makes them older than the Irish State itself. The oldest is Southern Baptist Corporation Company Limited by Guarantee, registered on 9 July 1902 under company number 2675. Of the 81, 74 filed an annual return in 2025 or 2026. Seven have not filed since 2021 or earlier, and one has filed nothing since 1999.