> Ireland is used for tax _avoidance_. As problematic as that is, I don't believe we have a particular problem with money laundering or [illegal] tax evasion. On the other hand, English financial institutions (particularly in the City of London which has different legal jurisdiction from the rest of the UK) is well known to turn a blind eye to multiple billions of dirty money flowing through it.

How many years out of the ~50 that the UK was a member of the EU (or predecessors) was this fact well known to the EU?

I don't think the GP comment implied otherwise, but rather suggested Ireland/Dublin as a response to the UK and the US being named in the title.

That was the point. The US and UK are being called out by the EU while their own member state (Ireland) is doing the same thing.