Trial of former senior Anglo Irish Bank official collapses

The trial of a former senior Anglo Irish Bank official charged with conspiring to destroy or falsify records of accounts allegedly connected to the bank's former chief executive Sean FitzPatrick has collapsed.

Judge Martin Nolan told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court that he intends to direct the jury tomorrow to acquit Tiarnan O'Mahoney (58), former chief operations officer with the bank, of all counts against him.