Top executive left with €3.2m ‘goodbye money’

THE former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank’s British arm walked away from the bank last year with €3.2m in goodbye money.

Declan Quilligan had been in the post since 2005 and before that he was the head of the institution’s banking business in Ireland.

Anglo’s annual accounts showed that he was given €844,222 instead of working out his notice and this was topped off with €65,417 in holiday money he had not claimed.