Developer says bank good to him and his business

One of the so-called Maple 10 group has told a court Anglo Irish Bank was very good to him in business - and that he was anxious to help when approached to buy its shares in July 2008.

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick and former executives Pat Whelan and William McAteer.

A jeweller who sold a solitaire diamond for the wife of a developer in debt to Nama has been ordered to hand over his 5% commission.

Nama is to receive over $200,000 (€148,000) after the 8.38-carat diamond solitaire ring belonging to a property developer’s wife sold at a US auction.

Nama has set its sights on diamonds — rings, bracelets and necklaces.

Ex-Anglo chairman Seán FitzPatrick and two former colleagues have been sent forward for trial for providing “unlawful financial assistance” to 16 individuals.

Nama has secured a number of High Court orders freezing the assets of developer John McCabe and members of his family.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman and chief executive Sean FitzPatrick is to go on trial accused of unlawfully helping to back a group of investors – including members of Sean Quinn's family – to buy shares in the financial institution in 2008.

Two former senior executives of Anglo Irish Bank are to face criminal prosecution later this year after becoming the first individuals to be charged in the long-running investigation into financial irregularities at the zombie bank.

One of the top bankers in the former rogue lender Anglo Irish Bank has been charged in Ireland with a string of fraud offences.

A former Christian Brother who sexually abused three teenage students in the deaf school he worked in has been sentenced to 12 years with the last three suspended.

THE Bishop of Kerry, Dr Bill Murphy, said victims of child sexual abuse in his diocese have not had to take oaths of secrecy since he took over in 1995.

A SCHEME aimed at ensuring the survival of 28 Chartbusters home entertainment stores employing 172 people has been approved at the Commercial Court.

A survey released today shows that just over half of Irish voters would have been willing to use e-voting, (voting on-line or by text) if it had been available in the May election.

THE brutal IRA killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe took a poignant twist yesterday when it was confirmed that his daughter-in-law gave birth to a baby girl on Wednesday, the 10th anniversary of his death.

The US military has denied a report that the top American general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison and witnessed some of the abuse of Iraqi inmates.

The US military command today branded as false a news report that the top US general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the Abu Ghraib prison and witnessed some of the abuse.

The commander of the military police company assigned to the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad is prepared to testify that the top US general in Iraq was present during some interrogations at the prison and witnessed some of the abuse, it is reported today.

Two Irish crews finished the Wales Rally GB, the final round of the World Rally Championship.