Two former executives from Anglo Irish Bank have been found guilty of conspiring to defraud the public in 2008.

The jury in the trial of four former bankers accused of conspiracy to defraud in 2008 has begun its deliberations.

A man has been excused from serving on the jury in the ongoing trial of four former executives from Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent (ILP).

Today, March 10

Anglo Irish Bank management discussed disguising short-terms loans of €750m from Irish Life and Permanent and keeping the details “tight as a duck’s arse”, the trial of former banking executives has heard.

An autistic woman who harassed a former colleague’s wife has been given a suspended sentence. The court accepted she had ceased contacting her victim.

RTÉ political correspondent David Davin-Power was spared a fine and a speeding conviction yesterday after he donated €150 to charity.

TWO Dublin-based companies will create 75 jobs as they expand operations with investments of over €4.6 million in Research and Development (R&D) programmes.

UNIVERSITY of Limerick yesterday conferred medical degrees on a class of graduates who did not first dream of careers on wards or in general practices, wielding stethoscopes and thermometers.

IT was a week when the true meaning of life sentences became clear.

SALESIAN College of Horticulture in Warrenstown, County Meath, is to close at the end of the current academic year.

IT seemed that a contingency plan put in place by management at the Mater Hospital in Dublin was working yesterday.

HOLIDAYMAKERS heading abroad are now able to see if they will encounter severe heatwaves, forest fires or even avalanches on their dream trips.