Irish campaigners demand halt to repayment of Anglo Irish Bank debts
• €3.1bn bond payout in March 'could fund primary schools'• Rescuing bailed-out lender will ultimately cost €47bn• 'Ruining whole societies to pay illegitimate debts is wrong'Anti-debt campaigners...
View ArticleSean Quinn case adjourned until 22 March
Irish Bank Resolution Corporation claims the Quinns are in contempt of court over the alleged transfer of millions of euros in foreign property assetsLegal action which could result in Ireland's...
View ArticleSean Quinn wins right to challenge Irish bank action against him
Judge rules that Ireland's former richest man must be allowed to air allegations of market abuse against Anglo Irish in courtIreland's one-time richest man, Sean Quinn, has been granted the right to...
View ArticleIreland's former richest man faces jail for contempt of court
Bankrupt Sean Quinn found in contempt for putting assets worth hundreds of millions of euros beyond reach of state bankSean Quinn, the bankrupt tycoon who was once Ireland's richest man, could face...
View ArticleBankrupt Irish billionaire Sean Quinn launches bid to avoid jail
Ireland's one-time richest man appeals to supreme court over contempt rulingIreland's one-time richest man, Sean Quinn, has launched a last-minute bid to avoid going to jail.The Irish supreme court is...
View ArticleSean Quinn escapes jail but son and nephew get prison sentences
Sean Quinn junior and his cousin Peter Darragh Quinn were given three month jail sentences in Dublin's high court after they were found guilty of putting assets beyond the reach of creditors in Anglo...
View ArticleNephew of bankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn in hiding after court conviction
Irish police trying to locate Peter Darragh Quinn, who was found guilty of contempt of courtThe nephew of Sean Quinn, Ireland's one-time richest man, remains in Northern Ireland after being sentenced...
View ArticleFormer Anglo Irish Bank chief Sean Fitzpatrick charged
Sean Fitzpatrick, former head of the now-nationalised bank, charged by Irish police with 16 offences of financial irregularityOne of the Irish bankers blamed for the Republic's financial and property...
View ArticleUK golf course Belfry bought by US private equity firm
The 220 hectare (550 acre) course was owned by Sean Quinn junior, who paid £186m for the course in 2005The Belfry, the Warwickshire golf course and resort that was formerly part of the business empire...
View ArticleDeveloper claims Anglo Irish Bank offered him €1m to dissolve company
Peter Curistan has complained to police in UK and Ireland about the now state-owned Irish bankA Belfast businessman has made complaints to police on both sides of the Irish border that one of the...
View ArticleAnglo Irish Bank trio appear in court
Three bankers charged with unlawfully helping Ireland's one-time richest man and his family buy shares in the bankThree senior members of the bank that almost bankrupted Ireland have appeared in a...
View ArticleIreland's former richest man Sean Quinn to find out if he faces jail
Former billionaire will discover whether state-owned bank wants him sent to jail after he was found guilty of contempt of courtIreland's one-time richest man Sean Quinn is in court where he will find...
View ArticleSean Quinn avoids jail – for now
Ireland's once richest man granted 13-day adjournment despite concerns over asset recovery in Anglo Irish Bank caseIreland's former richest man Sean Quinn has avoided prison for at least another...
View ArticleBankrupt billionaire Sean Quinn jailed for contempt
Former tycoon Quinn refuses to hand over assets worth tens of millions of euros from family's international property portfolioIn a fall from grace that personifies the ignominious collapse of the...
View ArticleAnglo: the Musical makes fun of Irish bank's collapse
Co-producer says show at Dublin's Bord Gáis theatre is intended to spread some happiness amid the doom and gloomWhile the Greeks trash their banks in rage against austerity, the Irish, it seems, are...
View ArticleFormer Anglo Irish Bank chairman in Dublin court over new fraud charges
Seán FitzPatrick accused of making false or misleading statements to Anglo Irish Bank's auditors over five yearsOne of the bankers blamed for almost bankrupting Ireland has appeared in court to face 12...
View ArticleAnglo Irish on the brink of liquidation
Dramatic move to prevent Irish Republic from having to pay €3.1bn IOU to bank bondholders at the end of this monthThe Irish government was on Wednesday night pushing through legislation in parliament...
View ArticleIreland secures deal to reduce Anglo Irish Bank debt repayments
Taoiseach says plan, which the ECB appears to back, will save €20bn over next decade and bolster global confidence in IrelandIreland has secured a deal from its European partners on crippling bank debt...
View ArticleIrish bankers 'hoodwinked' government over bailout, secret recordings show
Taped conversations back up the view that Anglo Irish bankers knew that €7bn would never be enough to save the bankA top banker with the financial institution that almost bankrupted Ireland boasted...
View ArticleIreland's rage over Anglo-Irish rescue revelations is justified – Enda Kenny
Irish prime minister promises inquiry after taped conversation reveals apparent attempt to mislead government into bailoutIreland's prime minister, Enda Kenny, said Irish people were entitled to be...
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