Then taoiseach Brian Cowen set up a “secret” group to examine a possible bank guarantee months before it happened — and as bankers and billionaires were actively lobbying for the move.

A second former executive at Anglo Irish Bank is to stand trial on revenue charges.

A former head of treasury at the former Anglo Irish Bank is to stand trial on revenue offences.

THE High Court has confirmed the scheme of arrangement for the survival of International Securities Trading Corporation (ISTC), which lends capital to financial institutions and was placed under court protection last November when it became insolvent due to the crisis in the credit markets.