FitzPatrick may apply for free legal aid

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick may apply for free legal aid for his upcoming trial on charges of failing to disclose loans from another bank, a court has heard.

FitzPatrick may apply for free legal aid

Mr FitzPatrick, aged 65, of Whitshed Rd, Greystones, Co Wicklow, is charged under Section 197 of the Companies Act 1990.

He faces 12 counts of failing to disclose to auditors Ernst & Young the true value of loans worth at least €139m given to him, or people connected to him, by Irish Nationwide Building Society from 2002 to 2007 while he was an officer of the bank.

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