Over 24m documents for Anglo trial

The trial of the former chairman and two former directors of Anglo Irish Bank could run for over three months and involves 24m documents in evidence, a court has heard.

Sean Fitzpatrick, aged 64, William McAteer, aged 62, and Pat Whelan, aged 50, have been charged with 16 counts of providing unlawful financial assistance to individuals in Jul 2008 to buy shares in the bank.

After hearing that there will inevitably be issues with the disclosure of evidence, Judge Mary Ellen Ring fixed a trial date for the first day of term in 2014.