Dunne regrets making life difficult for Irish

Businessman Sean Dunne, who filed for bankruptcy in the US on Good Friday, says he regrets any involvement he had in making life difficult for any Irish resident.

By applying for bankruptcy in the US, Mr Dunne, 58, who owes the banks anything up to €1bn, can emerge from bank-ruptcy after just 12 months, compared to being discharged after three years the earliest in Ireland.

“Unlike Jesus, I don’t expect to rise again in three days but certainly hope to make great strides within the next three years, debt-free, with a clean slate and with my fate back in my own hands,” he wrote in a Sunday newspaper.