Examiner View: Seán FitzPatrick: Forever linked to Ireland's implosion

Former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick. His death is a tragedy for his family, but he leaves a legacy that will be tied to people's suffering.

On  May 23, 2017, a beaming Seán FitzPatrick left Dublin’s Circuit Criminal Court and addressed reporters and photographers outside. It was, he said, a “wonderful day”.

The former Anglo boss had just seen his latest trial, which ran for 126 days, collapse, more than four years after he had been arrested and charged.