The State requires an enlarged jury panel to deal with the case of former Anglo Irish Bank executive William McAteer and three co-accused, the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard this morning.

Former Anglo Irish Bank executive William McAteer and three co-accused will stand trial in 2016 on charges of conspiring to mislead the bank’s investors about the true value of the its deposit books.

The sentence hearing of former Anglo Irish Bank directors Pat Whelan and William McAteer will take place on April 28 following their conviction on charges of providing illegal lending to the Maple Ten for a share support scheme.

Former Anglo Irish Bank directors Pat Whelan and William McAteer have been convicted of providing illegal lending to the Maple Ten for a share support scheme.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick has been acquitted on all counts of permitting illegal lending for the purchase of Anglo shares.

The jury has begun deliberations in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused of illegally lending money for the purchase of shares in the bank.

The jury members in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused has been told they are not there to “satisfy the baying for blood of the mob”.

The State has finished its case in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives accused of illegal lending money for the purchase of the bank’s shares.

The trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives has heard from the head of the Garda investigation into the bank who described seizing hundreds of thousands of documents during a search of their offices.

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick told gardaí he was aware the bank would be lending money to the Maple Ten group of investors before the allegedly illegal transaction went through.

The former finance director of Anglo Irish Bank told gardaí he was involved in the allegedly illegal Maple Ten deal but denied he was “instrumental” in it.

Anglo Irish Bank stripped out all personal recourse on €450m worth of loans to the Maple Ten group of investors because they had come to the bank’s aid during a difficult time.

The trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives has heard there was “a hotline” between the bank and the Financial Regulator about the allegedly illegal Maple Ten deal.

Three former directors of Anglo Irish Bank have given evidence that they instructed the bank’s CEO to immediately inform the financial regulator that Sean Quinn controlled 25% of their shares.

The former prudential director with the Financial Regulator has told the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives that he was not aware the bank was financing the purchasing of its own shares by 10 high net worth investors.

The jury in the trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank executives has been told they must disregard evidence of legal advice taken by the accused before the execution of an allegedly illegal share deal.

A former Anglo Irish Bank board member was “horrified” when she discovered that businessman Seán Quinn controlled nearly a quarter of the bank’s shares.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank directors has heard that the Financial Regulator fully supported the bank’s allegedly illegal plan to protect their share price.

The trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank directors has heard from its first witnesses including the former CEO of the Quinn Group.

The trial of three former Anglo Irish Bank directors has heard from its first witnesses including the former CEO of The Quinn Group.

Trial of former Anglo chairman and directors begins

Flooding and high winds are continuing to cause problems for many homeowners and business people across the country today.

Three former senior bank executives are to stand trial accused of conspiring to mislead Anglo Irish Bank investors by transferring €7.2bn to Anglo to give the impression it had larger deposits.

Gardaí have begun a criminal investigation into the alleged physical abuse of children which featured in Tuesday’s Prime Time documentary on creches.

A referendum on gay marriage is looking likely, with a number of TDs from the Government and the Opposition throwing their weight behind proposals to put it to a public vote.

District Court judge Heather Perrin has been convicted of deceiving a friend into bequeathing half his estate to her children.

A legal secretary has denied being told what to say by her former solicitor boss, now a District Court judge, who is on trial for deception.

The defence has begun calling evidence in the trial of a District Court Judge accused of deceiving an elderly man.

A jury has heard today that a District Court judge Heather Perrin was visibly upset when gardaí informed her last July that she was to be charged with deception.

A jury has heard a District Court judge absolutely denied to gardai that she had deceived a pensioner into leaving half his estate to her children.

A District Court judge has gone on trial accused of deceiving an elderly man into bequeathing half of his estate to her children.

Rumours abound on Twitter and the internet. The consequences of trolling can be traumatic, says Rachel Borrill.

More than 250 members of organised crime gangs were arrested last year and more than €30m worth of drugs were seized, according to a Garda report.

RONAN Keating’s estranged wife, Yvonne, appeared in public yesterday for the first time since the couple announced the end of their 12-year marriage.

SHE called him Ro, he called her his “rock” but now they’ve both decided to call it a day.

A HOTEL was yesterday ordered to get rid of its beer garden, prompting fears that other hotels and pubs may be forced to abandon their outside smoking zones.

A SMALL Irish company is one of the key players in another high profile European space mission.