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Friday 2 June 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# Anglo Irish Bank

All time
# financial fraud
Woman suffers panic attack during jury selection for Anglo trial
Another potential juror told Judge Martin Nolan he had “very strong views” on the issue.
# Boston District Court
David Drumm due to appeal his bail refusal today
The 49-year-old is wanted in Ireland on 33 charges relating to transactions while he was chief of the now-defunct Anglo Irish Bank.
# unlawful detention
As he spends Christmas in prison, David Drumm launches new legal challenge
The former Anglo Irish Bank chief has filed a legal challenge against the US government for ‘unlawful detention’.
# plymouth rock
Inside the "unrelentingly harsh", maximum-security prison where David Drumm will spend Christmas
The Plymouth County Correctional Facility has housed infamous murderers and terrorists, and now, the former CEO of Anglo.
# David Drumm
Forgery, conspiracy to defraud, false documents: Ex-Anglo chief David Drumm faces 33 criminal charges
The alleged offences that Ireland wants to charge the former Anglo CEO with have been revealed for the first time.
# rain check
Seven more months: Seán FitzPatrick has succeeded in getting his trial pushed back
He had been due to go on trial for 27 offences in October. It’ll now happen in May.
# Cascade of Sludge
Judge: Seán FitzPatrick has been the subject of 'huge criticism, ridicule and odium since 2008'
Judge Nolan said the former banker had been the subject of “huge criticism, ridicule and odium since 2008″.
# Guilty
Anglo officials jailed for trying to hide accounts connected to Sean FitzPatrick
The three were found guilty on all charges.
# Trial
Anglo verdict was delayed over anonymous claim about jury foreman
The three accused had pleaded not guilty to conspiring to conceal or alter accounts.
# Banking Inquiry
Seán FitzPatrick WON'T have to answer questions about his time at Anglo
Bad news for the committee.
# Avoiding DIRT
Anglo officials in court accused of hiding records linked to Sean FitzPatrick
The three are charged with hiding accounted linked with Seán Fitzpatrick.
# Bankers
Seán FitzPatrick and David Drumm have been asked to come before banking inquiry next month
While the banking inquiry has powers to compel witnesses, that power does not extend beyond this jurisdiction.
# Courts
A trial of Anglo officials ran out of jurors today
13 were objected to by counsel for the State and the defendants.
# Courts
Former Anglo executive has been granted legal aid for his two upcoming trials
The judge agreed that Willie McAteer would not be able to afford the trials unless he had “extraordinary means”.
# Not happening
Sean FitzPatrick trial: jury discharged as judge sets a new trial date
The jury has been discharged in the trial of the former Anglo boss after seven weeks of legal argument.
# Anglo Irish Bank
Alan Dukes says remarks on IBRC management were "misleading"
He said that a Department of Finance official showed a “lack of understanding” of the significance of the nationalisation of Anglo.
# sweet dreams
'On the night of the guarantee there was an announcement and we all went home to bed'
The Bank of Ireland’s former governor said Brian Cowen was the one who suddenly dropped the news.
# Court
Jury in Sean FitzPatrick trial asked to return next Wednesday
The judge said there were “unforeseen matters” in the case.
# SiteServ
Alan Dukes has A LOT to say about the 'odd ideas' at the Department of Finance
The former finance minister explained why IBRC and the department didn’t always get along.
# on trial
Sean Fitzpatrick's trial put back to next week
The former Anglo boss is charged on 12 different counts.
# Notes on a scandal
Watch: Patrick Honohan bangs table as he comes to 'loggerheads' with Pearse Doherty
The banking inquiry got animated today.
# drummer boy
David Drumm isn't giving up on his bid to go bankrupt in the US
The former Anglo CEO filed appeal papers last night.
# Banking Inquiry
Brian Lenihan wanted to burn bondholders - but he was overruled
The committee will write to several institutions, including AIB and the Department of Finance, seeking documents to aid its work.
# Quinn-asty
Seán Quinn agrees to hand over future earnings as his former empire is picked apart
The former tycoon’s glass business looks set to be sold to a Spanish firm.
# inbox me
The Briefcase: Anglo boss's 'outright lies', Welfare Wednesday and oil like water
This was the week in business.
# Keeping schtum
IBRC won't say how much former Anglo directors still owe them
The bank said the information is “commercially sensitive”.
# Lies Damned Lies
Full judgement: What the US judge ruled on former Anglo boss David Drumm
The 122 page ruling is damning in its assessment of Drumm’s testimony.
# Anglo
US court calls David Drumm on his "outright lies" as he fails in bankruptcy bid
The judgement was delivered earlier today, calling the Anglo CEO “not remotely credible”.
# Banking Inquiry
'Not everyone partied but the bubble meant their lives were better'
Peter Nyberg said it’s “unlikely something really exciting and new will emerge” from the Oireachtas investigation.
# 6 Years On
30 Days in September: An Oral History of the Bank Guarantee
What happened in the days and weeks leading up to the bank guarantee of 30 September 2008? TheJournal.ie presents an in-depth account from the people who were in the thick of it.
# No way
Enda doesn't see 'any circumstances' in which Anglo junior bondholders will be paid
The government is playing down fears that Anglo junior bondholders are in line for repayment.
# Anglo
Gardaí aren't saying if they want to extradite David Drumm
The former Anglo executive is living in America.
# still hurting
Taxpayers look like the losers (yet again) in the latest bank bailout developments
Central Bank “under pressure” to fast-track sale of Anglo Irish Bank-related debts.
# Anglo
Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer arrested over alleged €8m Anglo fraud
The two were charged at the Courts of Criminal Justice this morning.
# inbox me
The Briefcase: good numbers, burnt bondholders, and the ghosts of Irish banking
This was the week in business.
# Anglo Irish Bank
'Enjoy your community service': Judge gives former Anglo execs maximum 240 hours
The pair appeared at the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning.
# The mighty quinn
Quinn: "Anglo are using our money to make us the most hated family in Ireland"
The one-time chief of Quinn Group launched into an attack on the former Anglo Irish Bank.
# Tell me whys
These are the questions John Bruton wants the banking inquiry to answer
Bruton wants the inquiry to focus on the reasons why the crisis wasn’t averted, not how it happened.
# Arrest
Anglo's Willie McAteer arrested and charged over financial irregularities
Willie McAteer was previously found guilty on charges of providing unlawful loans for shares to the so-called Maple 10.