A High Court judgement has described the procedural history of the case which relates to an Irish Nationwide loan given in 1990 as “extraordinary as it is unacceptable.” An attempt to join KPMG to the case was also refused.
Fifteen years on, banks may seem safer, but risk has slipped into the shadows. Mike Aynsley warns that the next financial crisis could already be funded — with Ireland at the heart of a fragile global system.
Richard Behar interviewed Bernie Madoff three times in prison and exchanged voluminous emails and phone calls. And over the course of his research, he uncovered links between the fraudster and Anglo Irish Bank, via a private bank in Switzerland.
Like the gambling addict he surely was, Sean Quinn kept going as the Anglo share price dipped, he doubled down, chasing his losses, and eventually lost everything. Compulsive gamblers often bet on pursuits they know nothing about.
In March 2007, Sean Quinn stood up to speak at the Slieve Russell hotel. In the speech, he reflected on his career so far but there were indications too of what was coming next. This podcast looks at Sean Quinn's career through the prism of that speech.
Despite a bitter dispute with his former employer Anglo Irish Bank, Tom Browne sought to move on with his life, co-founding the corporate finance firm LeBruin and investing as far as China and the Caribbean. Now IBRC has re-ignited legal action.
Seán FitzPatrick was interviewed 17 times by Tom Lyons for The FitzPatrick Tapes. FitzPatrick thought the book was a good idea and then he changed his mind. Lyons recalls the many contradictions of the man who built and helped bust Anglo.
Fintan Drury talks to Dion Fanning about Anglo, Brian Cowen and the angst he lives with for his part in the growth of Paddy Power.
Bill Barrett, who was buried last week, was a key player in building Anglo Irish Bank until his retirement in 2002. Many are in his debt for his assistance at crucial times in their business lives.
The former Anglo Irish Bank obtained startling evidence that helped force the Quinn family settle their mammoth dispute with the bank last year. That evidence has never been made public. Until now.
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