From bank mogul to bankrupt: Seánie’s fate sealed in polite affair

BANKRUPTCY, it turns out, is a rather polite business. Seán FitzPatrick wasn’t required to appear in court in person, turn out his pockets and set the moths free for all to see.

He didn’t have to take the shirt off his back, wrap it in humility and send it in to the judge in a gesture of solidarity with the commonly broke public.

His lawyers didn’t have to read from a tear-soaked mea culpa statement expressing shame and sorrow at the misadventures that led to this mournful moment.