FitzPatrick met with Quinn to ‘mend fences’ after Maple Ten deal

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick met with Sean Quinn after the allegedly illegal Maple Ten deal to “mend fences” with the businessman who was threatening to sue the bank.

The trial of Mr FitzPatrick and two former executives of the bank heard that gardaí accused Mr FitzPatrick of stepping outside his non-executive role by meeting with Mr Quinn.

Mr FitzPatrick said this had been done “in exceptional circumstances”. He said by that stage Anglo CEO David Drumm had fallen out with Mr Quinn so Mr FitzPatrick needed to meet with him to fix the relationship.