State ‘turned blind eye’ on rendition to maintain good ties with US, says O’Reilly‘Guardian of public interest’ required for when State acts illegally or despotically, says European OmbudsmanMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Social media a big challenge for courts, says Chief JusticeRTÉ executive says it faces legal actions from ‘some well-known political figures’Fri May 02 2014 - 01:00
Judge’s excoriating critique of regulator gives trial a remarkable postscriptIf we had laws against incompetence, the trial could have run on in perpetuityWed Apr 30 2014 - 14:21
‘I feel that a State agency led the two men into error and illegality’Judge Martin Nolan rules former Anglo directors Pat Whelan and Willie McAteer won’t go to jailWed Apr 30 2014 - 14:04
Heron’s advice reveals key points of disputeLawyer has no memory of Morgan Stanley conference call on the eve of Maple dealTue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
Solicitor denies telling Anglo that Maple 10 deal was legalLawyer was not aware money was being loaned to Maple 10 to buy sharesTue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00
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
