Angry shareholders vent their spleen at Anglo board

A roomful of 800 angry shareholders, some of whom had lost thousands of euro in life savings in Anglo Irish Bank, today provided as much tension and drama as when the first Irish parliament convened in the same venue exactly 90 years ago.

A roomful of 800 angry shareholders, some of whom had lost thousands of euro in life savings in Anglo Irish Bank, today provided as much tension and drama as when the first Dáil convened in the same venue exactly 90 years ago.

Famous investors like billionaire entrepreneur Sean Quinn did not attend but Senator Shane Ross and football pundit Eamon Dunphy vented their fury in the three-hour showdown with the bank’s executives.