FitzPatrick’s fears about relative’s account outlined at Anglo trial

Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO Seán FitzPatrick mentioned concerns about an account belonging to a Denis O’Brien in the context of a Revenue investigation into bogus non-resident accounts in the bank, a trial heard.

The trial of three former Anglo officials accused of taking part in a tax evasion scheme by hiding accounts from Revenue heard that the then head of compliance, Brian Gillespie, was appointed in 2003 to find and submit non-resident accounts to Revenue which may have been liable for Deposit Interest Retention Tax.

Former company secretary, Bernard Daly, aged 65, of Collins Avenue West, Whitehall, Dublin, former chief operations officer Tiarnan O’Mahoney, aged 54, of Glen Pines, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow, and Aoife Maguire, aged 60, of Rothe Abbey, South Circular Rd, Kilmainham, Dublin, have pleaded not guilty to seven alleged offences committed in 2003 and 2004.