The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Sean FitzPatrick on charges of misleading the bank's auditors has been put back to October.
Mr FitzPatrick, 66, of Whitshed Road, Greystones, Co Wicklow has pleaded not guilty to 27 offences under the 1990 Companies Act.
These include 21 charges of making a misleading, false or deceptive statement to auditors and six charges of furnishing false information in the years 2002 to 2007.
Last month Mr Justice Rory McCabe said he was anxious for the trial to proceed in late May.
The trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court is due to take between two to three months and will require a specially enlarged jury of 15 members.
Today, Judge McCabe adjourned the start of the trial after concerns were raised that the trial would not finish by the end of July, when normal sittings of Dublin Circuit Criminal Court finish for the summer vacation.
The court heard there was a possibility that the length of the trial might mean keeping a jury in over the summer or else a long break in the middle of a trial.
Lawyers for the defence and for the Director of Public Prosecutions told the court that they were ready to proceed but could not give a commitment that evidence would be completed before the end of court term.
Judge McCabe fixed a new trial date of 4 October next.
