The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick has begun at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, where he yesterday denied misleading the bank’s auditors about millions of euro in loans.

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

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.

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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.

The Government’s reform of politics has been negligible, writes Michael Clifford

The only reason the infamous “soft landing” theory was accepted by the Department of Finance was because Government wanted it to be true and a “don’t rock the boat” policy was in place, a former senior department official has claimed.

Former Anglo Irish directors have contradicted bank inquiry evidence given by Taoiseach Enda Kenny and his predecessor, Brian Cowen, about two key events in the lead-up to the economic crash.

Enda Kenny yesterday rejected claims Fine Gael was as close to developers as Fianna Fáil, despite reversing a decision to scrap a lucrative fundraising golf event under his watch.

The jury has been sworn in for the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick, who is accused of failing to disclose the true value of multi-million euro loans to the bank’s auditors.

The first two people to be convicted of crimes related to the collapse of Anglo Irish Bank are likely to receive softer sentences because of the role the financial regulator’s office played in their activity.

The jury in a fraud trial of two Anglo Irish Bank directors over a multimillion loans-for-shares scheme has begun a fourth day of deliberation.

The jury in a fraud trial of three Anglo Irish Bank directors over a multimillion loans-for-shares scheme has been told it can return majority verdicts.

The jury in a fraud trial of three Anglo Irish Bank directors over a multimillion loans-for-shares scheme have not reached a verdict after two full day’s deliberation.

The jury in a fraud trial of three Anglo Irish Bank directors over a multimillion loans-for-shares scheme have not reached a verdict after their first full day of deliberations.

The former head of compliance with Anglo Irish Bank has been granted immunity from prosecution by the DPP, a court has heard.

The Financial Regulator wanted to keep “plausible deniability” of its knowledge of a plan by Anglo Irish Bank to unwind Sean Quinn’s control of their shares, a court has heard.

A witness at the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives has been asked is there a touch of the British comedy 'Yes Minister' in the bank's dealings with the Financial Regulator in 2008.

The former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank raised the possibility of there being a “legal issue” surrounding the bank lending money to buy its own shares, four months before the allegedly illegal Maple Ten deal.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick told a colleague that he regretted his lack of involvement in the allegedly illegal Maple Ten transaction, his trial has heard.

The jury in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives was today shown a letter from which stated the Financial Regulator had not given its approval for the Maple Ten deal.

A court has heard former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick expressed regret that he had not been more involved in the Maple Ten loans.

Anglo Irish Bank’s former chief financial officer has begun giving evidence under immunity at the trial of three of the bank’s former executives.

Anglo Irish Bank’s former chief financial officer has begun giving evidence under immunity at the trial of three of the bank’s former executives.

Anglo Irish Bank's former Chief Financial Officer Matt Moran is expected to give evidence today at the trial of three of the bank's former executives.

A lending manager at the former Anglo Irish Bank has been today telling a court about her concerns about the debts built up by the Quinn Group in 2007.

Farmers have no faith in the State’s ability to prosecute anybody for the banking crisis, with over 90% believing not a single banker will see the inside of a prison cell.

It has emerged that a senior Anglo Irish Bank executive was granted immunity from prosecution arising out of any criminal investigations into the bank.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has denied misleading the Dáil over the extent and depth of his dealings with Anglo executives during the banking collapse.

A spokesman for the Taoiseach has "completely rejected" allegations that Enda Kenny misled the Dáil over the Anglo Tapes.

Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin has accused the Taoiseach of "misleading the Dáil" over his contact with Anglo Irish Bank.

Industrial production fell by nearly 14% in September as the effect of the so-called pharma patent cliff began to bite in to Ireland’s industrial output.

Comments by Martin Gordon (Irish Examiner, June 4) about Tom Savage, chairman of the RTÉ Authority, are misguided on several grounds.

The IDA has been on something of a roll since the turn of the year, with Westport, Dundalk, Galway, Blanchardstown and now Kinsale all benefiting from a significant jobs boost.

AS RTÉ eventually appears to be learning lessons about what they see as their right to publish what they like about a citizen, they are still using the oldest trick used by the media – “an anonymous source” or “a reliable source” or “other sources” — to justify their allegations of child sex abuse against Br Dillon now deceased in South Africa.

A FIANNA FÁIL senator, who used Oireachtas privilege to disclose how the Sacred Heart Missionaries were not properly supervising a suspected Cork paedophile, has been complained to the Oireachtas Committee on Procedure and Privileges.

FORGIVE me if I have failed to find any coverage in your newspaper of the recent apology given unreservedly by RTÉ to Galway priest, Fr Kevin Reynolds, for the false allegation of sexual abuse made against him on PrimeTime last May.

WASTE management firm Indaver has insisted it remains committed to its controversial Cork Harbour incinerator project.

The sector is under great pressure but diversifying is an option, finds John Hearne

PharmaChemical Ireland, the IBEC group that represents the Irish pharmaceutical and chemical industry, has said that despite current challenges and recent job losses, a bright future remains for the sector.

THE only way to tackle worrying grades in maths is the long-term approach of a new curriculum which will not be examined in the Leaving Certificate for another three years, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe insisted yesterday.

A group representing the Irish pharmaceutical and chemicals sector today expressed concern that the number of students opting to take chemistry at Leaving Certificate level has remained low.