Ex-Anglo bankers to face fraud trial over €8m loan

Two former bankers with the defunct Anglo Irish Bank are to stand trial foralleged fraud over an €8m loan arranged for one of them.

Pat Whelan, aged 54, and Willie McAteer, aged 63, appeared before Dublin District Court yesterday where they were remanded on bail after being charged under the Companies Act.

The former Anglo directors were remanded on bail by Judge John O’Neill and are due to appear before the court again on November 3, the Courts Service said.