News Seán Quinn letter to TDs calls for ‘public inquiry’ into Quinn Group takeoverThe former billionaire claims that a number of state agencies that the take over of his business empire was illegal
Sean Quinn Rapt Quinn country gets chapter and verse from the once mighty tycoonMore than a thousand people turned out to support the former billionaire Seán Quinn, as he launched his book outlining his side of the collapse of his business empire
Former Anglo chief Drumm’s Skerries home on market for €650,000The disgraced executive was released from prison last year after serving a sentence for involvement in fraud at the bank
John Walsh: It’s easier to point the finger than remember the lessons of the crashThe same politicians who lined up to condemn Seán FitzPatrick are keen to mirror the fiscal policies that brought the country to its knees in the Noughties, namely ramping up spending and narrowing the tax base
Matt Cooper on Sean FitzPatrick: The man who broke the bank and never said sorrySean FitzPatrick was somebody who made many mistakes – big ones – but they were rarely innocent ones. He was guilty of egregious wrongdoing during his career as a banker, even if he was never convicted in the criminal courts. We all paid the price for his misdeeds.
Davy claims developer Kearney’s new legal action is ‘opportunistic’Solicitors for the stockbroking firm wrote that the developer was ‘fully aware’ of the involvement of Davy employees in the O’Connell Partnership
Editorial: State must impose stricter penalties on corporate wrongdoersRegulators and the Gardaí need enhanced powers to tackle financial corruption
Vincent Boland: A decade on, Ireland is still haunted by Anglo’s ghostThe2010 debacle was chastening for many, but not at Davy, it seems, and the crisis now engulfing the firm is both depressing and enraging
Davy hit with record €4.1m fine for market breachesThe penalty over an Anglo Irish Bank bond trade is the largest ever issued to a stockbroker in Ireland
Matt Cooper: The coalition of the unwilling fumbles its messaging yet againIt looks doubtful whether the majority of the public will have the patience for another nine weeks of this Covid-19 confinement
Colin Murphy: Beating Drumm ignores how crash not just the fault of a cartoon villain bankAs the former Anglo boss walked free from prison last week, it became apparent that every time we focus on the sins of his bank, we lose sight of where else to lay blame