Family asks US court to release David Drumm on bail

Members of David Drumm’s family have written to a US court asking that the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank be released on bail, ahead of any future extradition hearing.

Mr Drumm, who faces a possible return to Ireland, will attend a bail hearing tomorrow. In the documents lodged at Massachusetts District Court, he is backed by family and friends, one of whom states the Irish Government is treating Drumm as “a pariah”.

In addition, the company Mr Drumm is working for in New York said it would “eagerly welcome him back”.