The Irish Times

Full report on Anglo trial collapse may never be made public

State watchdog withdraws offer of report on FitzPatrick trial over legal protection fears

Tue Apr 09 2019 - 03:00

Judge’s excoriating critique of regulator gives trial a remarkable postscript

If we had laws against incompetence, the trial could have run on in perpetuity

Wed 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 jail

Wed Apr 30 2014 - 14:04

Heron’s advice reveals key points of dispute

Lawyer has no memory of Morgan Stanley conference call on the eve of Maple deal

Tue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00

Solicitor denies telling Anglo that Maple 10 deal was legal

Lawyer was not aware money was being loaned to Maple 10 to buy shares

Tue Apr 29 2014 - 01:00

Anglo adviser not aware of Maple 10 loans at time, hearing told

Robert Heron says he did not know of loans to buy bank shares until after transaction

Mon Apr 28 2014 - 22:54

Anglo directors sentence hearing today

Directors found guilty of providing unlawful loans to 10 property developers in July 2008

Mon Apr 28 2014 - 12:14

Anglo verdict will ‘reverberate’ in legal circles - expert

Prof Niamh Brennan says judges will question responsibilities of all directors

Sat Apr 19 2014 - 01:03

Eye-opening insights into regulator’s role – and lack of curiosity

Patrick Neary gave impression of being a deferential financial regulator

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 08:24

Project Maple: Anatomy of a deal

The events that led to three men appearing in the dock

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 08:16

Recourse was key difference between Maple 10 and Quinn family loans

Difference may explain why jury found Whelan and McAteer guilty

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 08:12

Former Anglo Irish directors face up to five years in jail

William McAteer and Pat Whelan provided unlawful loans to ‘Maple 10’

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 06:27

A clever team player who stuck around too long at Anglo

Within the bank, Willie McAteer was seen as on the way out before the crisis began

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 01:02

Hard-working self-made man who rose to head of lending

Whelan left the trial alone. It was his 52nd birthday

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00

Two former Anglo directors found guilty of unlawful financial assistance

William McAteer and Pat Whelan to be sentenced at the end of April

Fri Apr 18 2014 - 01:00

Why some charges against Sean FitzPatrick and Pat Whelan were dropped

Anglo Irish Bank trial saw changes late in trial of charges faced by two men

Thu Apr 17 2014 - 16:21

Anglo trial: Two ex-bank directors guilty on 10 counts

Pat Whelan and William McAteer found not guilty on six charges relating to Quinn family

Thu Apr 17 2014 - 16:04

Anglo Irish Bank trial: the numbers, the charges, the witnesses

43 days of hearings, 3 accused, 15 jurors

Thu Apr 17 2014 - 15:58

The Anglo trial: in quotes

Thu Apr 17 2014 - 15:55

Seán FitzPatrick acquittal: defence rested on his hands-off role at Anglo

Court heard no evidence former Anglo chairman was aware of lending to Quinn family

Thu Apr 17 2014 - 08:48

Jury finds Seán FitzPatrick not guilty on all counts

Jury still considering case against two other former Anglo Irish Bank executives

Thu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00

Anglo trial: Sean FitzPatrick not guilty on all counts

Jury has yet to decide on allegations facing Pat Whelan and William McAteer

Wed Apr 16 2014 - 20:56

Ex-Anglo chairman Sean FitzPatrick thanks family and jury

Former bank director ‘truly grateful’ for support of friends as he is found not guilty in trial

Wed Apr 16 2014 - 18:52

Anglo jury suspends deliberations overnight

Judge Martin Nolan grants jury request for transcripts of two witnesses

Tue Apr 15 2014 - 17:37

Anglo jury to resume deliberations this morning

Jurors requested copies of witness transcripts on Monday evening

Tue Apr 15 2014 - 00:40

Leave prejudice about bankers at door, jury told

Defendants’ ‘belief in legality or illegality of scheme does not matter’, judge instructs

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:53

State introduced ’new case’ during trial, jury told

Trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank directors is told prosecutors lacked proof in relation to charges

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:40

“Everybody was gloriously happy” with deal to unwind Quinn holding in Anglo, jury told

When climate changed it was like “1916 in reverse”, counsel for Sean FitzPatrick said

Sat Apr 12 2014 - 01:31

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 warned

Defence 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

Anglo loans ‘spectacularly not in the ordinary course of business’, jury told

Efforts made ‘to make it look like everything was done properly’ regarding the loans

Fri Apr 11 2014 - 01:02

Jurors hear closing speeches for two

At a glance: Day 42

Fri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01

Case against former Anglo directors not about ‘vengeance’

Pat Whelan’s counsel says trial ‘distinct and separate’ from collapse of banks

Fri Apr 11 2014 - 01:00

Anglo jury warned their job is not to ‘satisfy mob’

Trial of Seán FitzPatrick, William McAteer and Pat Whelan drawing to a close at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court

Thu Apr 10 2014 - 18:15