Ruling due on Seán FitzPatrick trial go-ahead

The High Court will rule today on former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick’s application to permanently prevent his trial before Dublin Circuit Criminal Court from proceeding.

Mr FitzPatrick is facing a number of charges including making a misleading, false or deceptive statement to auditors and of furnishing false information from 2002 to 2007.

The 66-year-old from Greystones, Co Wicklow, who has pleaded not guilty to 27 charges under the 1990 Companies Act, brought his application due to concerns over what he claims is the large volumes of adverse media publicity he received following a recent, separate trial of three Anglo officials.