More than 30,000 people have registered for the Pastoral Congress, one of the main elements of the Catholic Church’s World Meeting of Families (WMoF) being held in Dublin in August just before the visit of Pope Francis.

A €7.2 bn transaction between Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent had no commercial substance because Anglo's asset profile didn't change, a jury has heard.

A banker at Irish Life and Permanent said his ears pricked up on overhearing dealers discussing “doing several billion with Anglo” in September 2008.

A senior banker at Irish Life and Permanent ordered the €7.2 Billion transaction with Anglo Irish Bank be documented in case “something goes pop”, a jury has heard.

The jury at David Drumm's conspiracy to defraud trial, which has been underway at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court since January, has been told that proceedings are likely to conclude in June.

A statement issued to the Irish Stock Exchange by Anglo Irish Bank, and signed by David Drumm, said customer funding had increased by €1.9bn, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

The former head of group finance at Anglo Irish Bank said he was not aware that €7.2bn transactions with Irish Life and Permanent were “a straight exchange of cash with no underlying security” until after they had taken place.

A former Anglo Irish Bank executive said he planned to “get a bit of drink” into a Credit Suisse banker at an upcoming dinner and say to him: “I'd like about five billion before the 30th”.

Drumm also said he intended to go to “that fucking shower of clowns down in Dame Street,” to look for emergency funding for the bank, his trial has heard.

The jury in the trial of David Drumm has heard that Anglo Irish Bank's audit committee was an independent watchdog tasked with overseeing management's activities.

A new jury will be empanelled this afternoon in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank Chief Executive David Drumm due to an issue that had arisen.

David Drumm, the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, has pleaded not guilty to being involved in an alleged €7.2bn conspiracy to defraud and to dishonestly providing false information to the market.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm has been granted free legal aid for his upcoming conspiracy to defraud trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

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Donegal native Willie McAteer graduated from UCD with a BA in commerce and a master’s in business studies.

Denis Casey began his career in 1976 working for Allied Irish Finance Company Limited.

John Bowe studied accounting and finance in Dublin City University and left there in 1986, joining Standard Chartered Bank (Ireland) Ltd as a graduate trainee.

Two former executives from Anglo Irish Bank have been found guilty of conspiring to defraud the public in 2008. Declan Brennan looks at the two men whose careers end in disgrace.

David Drumm will face two trials, one in 2017 and one in 2018, over alleged offences committed during his time as CEO of Anglo Irish Bank.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm walked out of a Dublin court smiling yesterday after he was released on bail pending his fraud trial.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm could today taste freedom from custody for the first time since he was arrested by US officials last October.

Dublin District Court has been told that since former Anglo chief executive David Drumm went to America in 2009 he “engaged in a careful and considered and perfectly lawful attempt to ensure that this day never came”.

David Drumm is expected to appear before Dublin District Court later today to face 33 charges in relation to Anglo Irish Bank. 

Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm last night formally gave up his fight against being extradited back to Ireland to face charges in relation to the bank’s collapse.

Former head of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm has said he will give up his fight against extradition from the US and return to Ireland.

Former banking boss David Drumm has claimed he does not represent a flight risk, despite lawyers arguing he has the means to flee, borne out by his wealthy lifestyle, including the $100,000 (€93,000) annual spend on his children’s education.

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A senior economist who attended the infamous Brian Cowen-Anglo golf outing and was the only expert the then taoiseach called on the night of the guarantee has insisted he had no role in decisions about the firm.

The chairman of the Catholic Schools Partnership (CSP) has called for incentives to encourage primary schools to amalgamate.

Former Anglo chief David Drumm’s written evidence to the Oireachtas banking probe should be made public, at least in part, sources close to the investigation insist.

The banking inquiry is to seek further legal advice on whether it can publish a statement by former Anglo boss David Drumm after the Director of Public Prosecutions objected to the evidence being made public.

The declaration by David Drumm, former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank that he would deliberate to the banking inquiry by video link is an outrageous display of condescension and disrespect toward the Irish public and a mischievous instance of self-serving manipulation.

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The whistleblower row which has rocked the banking inquiry will delay its final report into the collapse of Ireland’s financial system.

It will be a “close call” whether the banking probe can consider former Anglo chief David Drumm’s written evidence after the idea of allowing him to given video-link testimony was torpedoed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, a senior source has warned.

THERE can be absolutely no doubt that an already questionable banking inquiry would have become a laughing stock in the eyes of the public if former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm was allowed to tell his account, on his terms, by video link from the US, of its role in the country’s economic crash. As it turns out, both the inquiry’s own legal team and the Director of Public Prosecutions have advised it strongly against hearing his evidence.