A solicitor hired by Anglo Irish Bank has said he never gave any legal advice in relation to the 2008 loans to the Maple Ten borrowers.

A solicitor who gave legal advice to the former Anglo Irish Bank has said he did not know the bank lent money to the Maple Ten to buy its own shares, until after the deal was done.

A legal advisor to the former Anglo Irish Bank is giving evidence at a sentencing hearing of two of the bank's former executives.

Britain’s chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne has followed through on a pledge when he took office to make the corporate tax rate competitive.