Disciplinary tribunals into bankers adjourned

PUBLIC disciplinary tribunals into three bankers linked to Anglo Irish Bank have been adjourned over concerns they could prejudice any future criminal proceedings.

The accountancy regulator confirmed hearings against the lender’s ex-chief executive David Drumm, former finance chief Willie McAteer, and Peter Fitzpatrick — ex-finance director of Irish Life and Permanent (IL&P) — were postponed at the request of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

A hearing against Anglo’s former chairman Sean FitzPatrick was already adjourned by the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (CARB).