Judge unhappy with pace of Anglo probe

A HIGH Court judge has expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and garda investigations into Anglo Irish Bank.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly also strongly criticised a failure to mount prosecutions in other commercial court cases involving judgments for millions of euro despite “prima facie evidence” and even admissions of criminal wrongdoing.

Mr Justice Kelly said he had sent such papers to the authorities years ago but no prosecutions had emerged.