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

Drumm trial: Transactions were for 'optical benefit'

The €7.2bn transactions between Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent in September 2008 were for "optical benefit only" and created no new cash, a jury has been told.

Courts • 05 Mar 18

The trial of former Anglo CEO David Drumm has heard details of key phone calls in 2008

Drumm described CB officials as 'shower of clowns'

The trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm has heard details of telephone calls in which he described the Financial Regulator as "Freddy Fly" and Central Bank officials as a "shower of clowns".

News • 23 Feb 18

Drumm email said regulator was aware of Anglo actions

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm said the financial regulator and Central Bank were fully aware of what Anglo was doing to protect itself in September 2008.

Courts • 21 Feb 18

Stephen Fox described the very tough market environment in the Irish banking sector during late 2007 into 2008

Central Bank 'did not query' Anglo liquidity report

The Central Bank did not query a report on the liquidity of Anglo Irish Bank, discussed with them by David Drumm at a meeting during October 2008, a witness has told Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

Courts • 15 Feb 18

David Drumm denies a conspiracy to defraud and false accounting

Drumm trial hears recordings detailing Anglo payments

Details of transactions between Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Life and Permanent in March 2008, were to be kept "tight as a duck's ass", in case the financial markets might hear of them, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has heard.

Courts • 15 Feb 18

David Drumm has pleaded not guilty to conspiring to defraud and to false accounting

Drumm trial: Money was circulated 'at lightning speed'

Former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm was involved in a conspiracy to dress up and falsify the bank's balance sheet so it looked like deposits from customers were €7.2bn bigger than they were, a court has been told.

Courts • 09 Feb 18

David Drumm has pleaded not guilty to being involved in an alleged €7.2 billion conspiracy to defraud and to dishonestly furnishing false information to the market

Prosecution set to begin in David Drumm trial

The jury in the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm is expected to hear an opening speech from the prosecution tomorrow morning.

Courts • 08 Feb 18

David Drumm's trial is expected to last up to five months

New jury sworn in for David Drumm trial

A new jury has been sworn in for the trial of former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm.

Ireland • 15 Jan 18

Mr Drumm has indicated he no longer wishes to fight an Irish extradition request

Boston snow postpones Drumm's extradition hearing

David Drumm's hearing in the US where he was expected to volunteer to return to Ireland has been cancelled due to a snow storm forecast for the Boston area.

News • 08 Feb 16

David Drumm faces charges here related to fraudulent loans Anglo made in 2008 intended to help prop up its share prices

David Drumm will not fight extradition from US

Former head of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm will not fight his extradition from the US to face criminal charges related to the bank's collapse and has asked the Director of Public Prosecutions not to oppose bail upon his return.

News • 08 Feb 16

David Drumm's legal representatives have written to the DPP asking that any bail application is not opposed

Drumm ‘on next plane' home if bail is not opposed

The brother of David Drumm has said if the Director of Public Prosecutions does not oppose a bail request from the former Anglo Irish Bank CEO, Mr Drumm will be “on the next plane to Dublin”.

Business • 02 Feb 16

David Drumm has bankruptcy debts totalling €11m

Drumm makes further petition to US judge for bail

David Drumm today has made a further petition to a Boston judge to be released on bail pending his extradition proceedings, including offering to have a private 24-hour security guard at his home.

News • 03 Dec 15

Ireland is seeking Mr Drumm's extradition to face 33 charges relating to his time in Anglo Irish Bank

Drumm tells hearing he did not run from Ireland

David Drumm has told his bail hearing in Boston that he did not run away from Ireland and would not be running anywhere now either.

News • 14 Nov 15

Mary Harney and John Gormley appeared before the banking inquiry today

Harney admits governments made mistakes

Former minister Mary Harney has told the banking inquiry that previous governments she was involved with made mistakes, which she certainly regretted.

News • 29 Jul 15

David Drumm said that justice was there to serve 'the unlikeable as well as the likeable'

Drumm rejects IBRC challenge to bankruptcy appeal

Former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank David Drumm has rejected IBRC's challenge to his US bankruptcy appeal, accusing the bank's lawyers of personally attacking him and accusing the Bankruptcy Court of being "influenced unduly by its intense dislike" of him.

News • 29 May 15

The recordings, in which both Mr. Drumm and his wife were questioned, are from six days of hearings from last May and June held in Boston

Recordings shed new light on Drumm bankruptcy bid

RTÉ's This Week Programme has obtained official audio recordings that shed new light on former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm's failed bankruptcy bid in the United States.

News • 12 Jan 15

Alan Shatter said Mr Drumm should make himself available to answer any questions in Anglo probe

Drumm should co-operate with Anglo probe - Shatter

The Minister for Justice and Defence has said he believes the former Anglo Irish Bank CEO, David Drumm, should co-operate with the gardaí as he has been requested to do.

Business • 08 Jul 13

David Drumm attacked the 'drip, drip, drip' release of the tapes

Drumm attacks ongoing release of Anglo tapes

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm has said he will no longer allow himself to be a scapegoat for the banking crisis.

News • 08 Jul 13

More secret recordings of ex-Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm emerge

Sunday Independent to reveal more Anglo tapes

Further transcripts of conversations between senior bankers at the former Anglo Irish Bank are due to be published by the Sunday Independent.

News • 07 Jul 13

New tape recording of then Anglo Chief Executive David Drumm has emerged

Anglo executives discussed pressurising Lenihan

Senior executives from Anglo Irish Bank discussed putting pressure on the then Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan in December 2008 in the latest recordings to emerge from the Anglo tapes, which will be published in tomorrow’s Sunday Independent.

News • 01 Jul 13

The Central Bank said it was liaising with gardaí on the Anglo transcripts

Central Bank 'studying' Anglo transcripts

The Central Bank has said it is "carefully studying" the transcripts of phone calls emerging in relation to Anglo Irish Bank.

Business • 26 Jun 13

Brendan Howlin said the callousness shown in the Anglo tapes was 'mind blowing'

'Robust' legislation to allow for bank inquiry

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has said he is working on robust legislation to allow for a parliamentary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the State bank guarantee.

News • 26 Jun 13

<p>David Drumm set for meeting with creditors</p>

Former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm, who filed for bankruptcy last month, is due to present himself in court in Boston for a meeting with creditors.

News • 16 Nov 10

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