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The proceedings were taken against Mr Drumm by Anglo Irish Bank in 2009

David Drumm consents to €7.5m IBRC judgment

The former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, David Drumm, has consented to a judgment for €7.5 million being entered against him by his former employers.

Business • 17 Jul 20

Former chief executive of Irish Life and Permanent Denis Casey

Supreme Court hearing appeal by former IL&P executive

The Supreme Court has begun hearing an appeal by former IL&P chief executive Denis Casey against his conviction for his part in a multi-billion euro conspiracy in 2008, to deceive people about the true state of Anglo Irish Bank

Courts • 17 Jan 19

David Drumm is already serving a six-year jail sentence imposed last month

David Drumm given 15-month suspended sentence

Former Chief Executive Officer of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm has been given a suspended sentence of 15 months for giving illegal loans to ten developers to prop up Anglo's share price in 2008.

Courts • 10 Jul 18

David Drumm's sentencing will bring to an end nine years of criminal probe into Anglo Irish Bank

Drumm pleads guilty over unlawful loans to developers

Former Anglo Irish bank chief executive officer David Drumm, who is serving a six year sentence for conspiracy to defraud and false accounting, has pleaded guilty to authorising or permitting unlawful loans to be given to ten developers to buy shares in Anglo in July 2008.

Courts • 29 Jun 18

Detectives listened to more than 80,000 phone calls and took over 400 statements in an investigation that lasted almost a decade

Gardaí want more powers to probe white collar crime

The Senior Investigating Officer in the Anglo Irish Bank investigation, which has resulted in four bank officials being jailed, has said the gardaí need more powers to investigate white collar crime.

Ireland • 21 Jun 18

The court was told David Drumm 'made a huge error of judgement'

Drumm sentenced to six years for conspiracy to defraud

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm has been sentenced to six years in prison for conspiracy to defraud and false accounting.

Courts • 20 Jun 18

Gerard Walsh of the GNECB said more than 400 witness statements were taken - some running to hundreds of pages

Anglo investigation 'one of the most complex ever'

The investigation into the €7.2bn conspiracy to defraud, culminating in this trial, is understood to be the most complex ever carried out by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (previously the Bureau of Fraud Investigation).

Analysis and Comment • 06 Jun 18

Several other Anglo bankers have been before the courts in the aftermath of the bank's collapse

David Drumm: The Anglo bankers

Analysis and Comment • 06 Jun 18

David Drumm abruptly quit as Anglo Irish Bank CEO in January 2009 as the bank was nationalised

David Drumm: Profile

At the height of his career, David Drumm was viewed as Ireland's most successful banker.

Analysis and Comment • 06 Jun 18

David Drumm arrived back in Dublin Airport in 2016

David Drumm: The co-conspirators

Legal Affairs Correspondent Orla O'Donnell looks at the co-conspirators following the trial of David Drumm

Analysis and Comment • 06 Jun 18

David Drumm is the former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank

David Drumm: The trial

Courts • 06 Jun 18

David Drumm leaving court after he was found guilty of a conspiracy to defraud and of false accounting

Former Anglo CEO David Drumm guilty of fraud

Former Chief Executive of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm has been found guilty of a conspiracy to defraud and of false accounting at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Courts • 06 Jun 18

David Drumm has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with others to dishonestly make Anglo's balance sheet look better

Drumm jury sent home due to juror unavailability

The jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm has been sent home again as one of its members is not available.

Courts • 01 Jun 18

David Drumm has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with others to dishonestly make Anglo's balance sheet look better by €7.2bn between March and September 2008

Jury sent home for day in David Drumm trial

The jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank Chief Executive David Drumm has been sent home for the day as one of its members is not available.

Courts • 31 May 18

David Drumm has pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to defraud and false accounting charges in 2008

Jury in David Drumm trial sent home for the night

The jury at the conspiracy to defraud and false accounting trial of former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm have been sent home for a second night, after deliberating for just under two hours today.

News • 30 May 18

David Drumm denies being involved in dishonest transactions at Anglo in 2008

Jury in Drumm trial to resume deliberations tomorrow

The jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm will resume its deliberations tomorrow.

News • 29 May 18

David Drumm denies being involved in a conspiracy to dishonestly engage in transactions between Anglo, Irish Life and Permanent and Irish Life Assurance

Judge begins charge to jury in David Drumm case

The judge in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank Chief Executive David Drumm has told the jurors the Financial Regulator could not condone criminal behaviour.

Courts • 28 May 18

Drumm was trying to save the bank, court hears

Lawyers for the former Anglo CEO David Drumm have told a jury at the Circuit Criminal Court that he should not be criminalised for "trying to save the bank" and "answering Ireland's call" when he authorised a €7.2bn transaction aimed at making its balance sheet look better.

Courts • 25 May 18

State closes case against David Drumm after 74 days

The State's case against former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has closed after 74 days of evidence.

Courts • 15 May 18

Prosecution case nears conclusion in David Drumm trial

Anglo Irish Bank's share price dropped by almost 50% following the release of its preliminary year end figures for 2008, a jury has heard.

Courts • 14 May 18

David Drumm has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to defraud depositors and investors at Anglo Irish Bank

Drumm trial told banks bought bonds to boost market

The Central Bank suggested that Irish banks issue bonds on the understanding they would be bought by each other to promote confidence in the markets, a court has heard.

Courts • 18 Apr 18

David Drumm trial likely to conclude in June

The jury at David Drumm's conspiracy to defraud trial, which has been under way at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court since January, has been told that proceedings are likely to conclude in June.

Courts • 11 Apr 18

David Drumm has pleaded not guilty to conspiring with former bank officials to defraud depositors and investors at Anglo

Anglo officials described regulator meeting as 'ambush'

Officials at Anglo Irish Bank described a meeting with the Financial Regulator in January 2009 as "an ambush", David Drumm's conspiracy to defraud trial has heard.

Courts • 28 Mar 18

The former Anglo Irish Bank CEO has pleaded not guilty towo charges of conspiring to defraud depositors and investors at the bank

Trial of former Anglo Irish Bank CEO enters ninth week

The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank has told a jury that he did not know the detail of the transactions with Irish Life and Permanent "because when I found out it was a shock to me."

Ireland • 27 Mar 18

Matt Moran, former chief financial officer at Anglo, was giving evidence for a third consecutive day

Anglo official planned to 'get drink into' banker

A former Anglo Irish Bank executive said he planned to "get a bit of drink" into a Credit Suisse banker at an upcoming dinner and say to him: "I'd like about five billion before the 30th".

Courts • 08 Mar 18