The prosecution has summed up its case against the former rugby international who denies 14 charges of theft and false accounting, including allegations that he stole €500,000 from Bank of Ireland Private Bank while working as its managing director.
The jury in the former rugby international's trial has been hearing evidence of his interviews with gardaí prior to his arrest. The prosecution has now finished calling evidence in the case.
The defence suggested it was a "fiction" that the former managing director of Bank of Ireland's private banking arm stood like a "spectre" over a colleague's desk until she signed off on the payment.
The ex-rugby international's trial has heard evidence from witnesses at McCann Fitzgerald, which carried out work for Mullin and Bank of Ireland Private Bank.
The former rugby international and head of Bank of Ireland's private banking arm said he authorised payments to law firm McCann Fitzgerald out of "carelessness", the court heard.
Bank of Ireland has filed proceedings against Ailmount, representing former Davy investors, over its alleged exposure to historic legal claims following its takeover of the brokerage.
In addition to running a private equity firm, Mark Flood is also the co-founder of The Real Deal conference. Ahead of this year’s event, he talks about industry trends, the Irish M&A outlook, and the thorny issue of valuations.
A new Spanish bank is moving in. Ireland’s largest bank is steadily healthy. The two are related, as analysis of Irish and European banking performance shows.
The Irish banks – particularly PTSB – are sometimes said to be too small to carry all the costs that come with life as a modern bank. Now that Ulster Bank and KBC are gone, and PTSB is bigger, how has it changed?
In late 2020, investors correctly forecast that Bank of Ireland would make lots of money in the following years. This Monday, it announced that growth in profits is slowing.
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