A trial, not an errorThe 47-day Anglo Irish Bank trial wasn’t about vengeance for the banking collapse. It was about subtle legal points: the ‘good-faith defence’ and ‘the ordinary course of business’. Some feared such white-collar concepts would be beyond a jury. They were wrongSat Apr 19 2014 - 01:00
Eye-opening insights into regulator’s role – and lack of curiosityPatrick Neary gave impression of being a deferential financial regulatorFri Apr 18 2014 - 08:24
Anglo trial : Legal advice as an issue in the caseJudge told jury that such advice on transaction was irrelevant to guilt or innocenceFri Apr 18 2014 - 08:19
Project Maple: Anatomy of a dealThe events that led to three men appearing in the dockFri Apr 18 2014 - 08:16
Recourse was key difference between Maple 10 and Quinn family loansDifference may explain why jury found Whelan and McAteer guiltyFri Apr 18 2014 - 08:12
Former Anglo Irish directors face up to five years in jailWilliam McAteer and Pat Whelan provided unlawful loans to ‘Maple 10’Fri Apr 18 2014 - 06:27
Judge a former garda noted for swift, informed decisionsJudge Martin Nolan asked telling questions of witnesses that went to the heart of the caseFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00
Seán FitzPatrick acquittal: defence rested on his hands-off role at AngloCourt heard no evidence former Anglo chairman was aware of lending to Quinn familyThu Apr 17 2014 - 08:48
Jury finds Seán FitzPatrick not guilty on all countsJury still considering case against two other former Anglo Irish Bank executivesThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
Seán FitzPatrick’s barrister who successfully masterminded an effective defenceMichael O’Higgins is a former journalist and award-winning short-story writerThu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
State introduced ’new case’ during trial, jury toldTrial of three former Anglo Irish Bank directors is told prosecutors lacked proof in relation to chargesSat Apr 12 2014 - 01:40
Anglo jurors told to have ‘moral courage’Judge says three men must not be blamed for events since ‘Lehman Brothers crash’Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:00
No baying for blood, Anglo jurors warnedDefence barrister Brendan Grehan SC says trial was not about “seeing three men in the dock as a way of getting vengeance”Fri Apr 11 2014 - 06:19
Case against former Anglo directors not about ‘vengeance’Pat Whelan’s counsel says trial ‘distinct and separate’ from collapse of banksFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:00
Judge warns ‘alarm bells’ ringing over vacancies on new appeals courtMr Justice Nicholas Kearns ‘deeply worried’ about impact on High CourtMon Apr 07 2014 - 01:00
Anglo trial told that personal bank loans normally at 100% recourseFormer Ulster Bank director says it ‘struck’ him that Maple 10 loans were at 25% recourseWed Apr 02 2014 - 01:01
Former Anglo secretary unaware of Quinn transaction until completionNatasha Mercer recalls directors’ discussion of plan to ‘dribble’ Anglo shares into marketSat Mar 29 2014 - 01:00
Moves to limit legal fallout over Garda recordingsEnda Kenny says Garda taping revelations may affect tribunals as well as court casesFri Mar 28 2014 - 13:16
Garda recordings stored centrally on Dublin serverSpecial Criminal Court rules IRA membership trial can proceedFri Mar 28 2014 - 01:00
IRA membership trial to proceed after bugging querySenior garda tells court phone lines at two Garda stations not linked to recording systemThu Mar 27 2014 - 15:44
Attorney General did not brief Cabinet on taping as information was ‘tentative’Minister for Justice confirms Máire Whelan learned of practice last NovemberThu Mar 27 2014 - 01:00
Awkward questions piling up for the State’s most powerful institutionsCommission of investigation’s remit will be decisiveWed Mar 26 2014 - 15:25
Anglo-Irish trial: At A GlanceEx-financial director says Quinn thought Anglo would recoverFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
Anglo director was unaware of lending to investors until after Maple transactionFormer board member recalls ‘alarm bells’ over size of Quinn holdingWed Mar 19 2014 - 22:38
Neary cannot recall meetings with Anglo over six-month periodEx-financial regulator unable to recall various communicationsWed Mar 19 2014 - 01:00
Regulator did not ask Quinn about Anglo stake at meetingNeary didn’t think it was ‘fair or appropriate’ to ask businessmanFri Mar 14 2014 - 06:23
Neary ‘not aware’ of March 2008 deal between Anglo and QuinnFormer regulator denies ‘posterior-covering exercise’Thu Mar 13 2014 - 20:30
Cardiff was told Anglo deal involved some lendingCon Horan denies changing evidence about mention of Credit Suisse during phone callThu Mar 13 2014 - 01:00
‘Up to Anglo and Morgan Stanley to ensure compliance’, Horan tells courtFormer prudential director at Financial Regulator’s office gave evidence yesterdayWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Regulator official says he did not ‘need to know’ identities of Anglo investorsHoran says it was not an ‘essential point’ to find out who they wereWed Mar 12 2014 - 01:00
Regulator official tells court of Drumm callCon Horan gives evidence at trial of three former Anglo directorsTue Mar 11 2014 - 08:04
Regulator official says he believed investors were paying for Anglo shares themselvesCon Horan, formerly of the Financial Regulator’s office, gives evidenceTue Mar 11 2014 - 01:22
Parts of Anglo share deal not usual, court toldInvestment bank solicitor had not seen a financial regulator “take part” in a deal beforeSat Mar 08 2014 - 01:00
Financial regulator had ‘no objection’ to Anglo transactionFormer head of compliance had asked if regulator had approved schemeThu Mar 06 2014 - 22:35
Anglo director told Maple 10 loans were on ‘normal terms’Morgan Stanley employee gives evidence by video-linkThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00
Anglo board member ‘horrified’ by Seán Quinn’s stake in bank, trial hearsBoard was told regulator ‘really wanted a plan’Wed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
High Court judge Seán Ryan set to become president of new Court of AppealJudge chaired abuse commission and expert group on abortionWed Feb 26 2014 - 01:02
Chief Justice warned cuts would lead to ‘second best’ judiciaryDenham highlights financial burden on judges who live outside DublinTue Feb 25 2014 - 13:46
Letters reveal concern over judicial pay cuts as appeal of High Court to leading lawyers wanesTwo senior judicial figures have written to Brendan Howlin about the issueTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Judge waited four months for Minister’s reply to poor communication complaintMr Justice Peter Kelly attempted to contact Brendan Howlin about proposed pay reductionTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Moran speaks about regulator’s supportAnglo trial at a glance: former chief financial officer says regulator became ‘more fulsomely’ involved with bank after St Patrick’s Day 2008Sat Feb 22 2014 - 01:00
Regulator ‘seemed to resile’ from knowledge of Anglo dealFinancial regulator was ‘fully informed’ of deal, Moran tells trialThu Feb 20 2014 - 06:43
Board member ’not aware’ Anglo was funding share purchaseDirector only found out ‘post-August’ 2008 that bank had funded Maple 10Tue Feb 18 2014 - 08:08
