Directors of Anglo paid more than €9m

THE directors of Anglo Irish Bank saw their combined pay rise by 10% to more than €9 million in the past year.

The bank’s annual report for the year to the end of September shows all of the executive directors received large pay increases.

Seán FitzPatrick, who retires as chief executive and takes up the chairman’s job in January, was paid a total of €2.7 million, up from €2.3 million the previous year.