Anglo trial: Anglo staff praised for 'integrity' for refusing to delete accounts

Instead of deleting the accounts as they were asked, IT staff decided to archive them instead leading to their production in evidence during the trial.

Judge Patrick McCartan has said the actions of Tiarnan O'Mahoney, Bernard Daly and Aoife Maguire represented a "significant and deliberate fraud" and reflected the workings of a "very sick bank".

The three former officials at Anglo Irish Bank have been given jail terms of between 18 months and three years for conspiring to defraud Revenue. The sentences begin immediately. No part of any of the sentences has been suspended.