Author: Angela Nurse

Former Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm is spending a night behind bars in Ireland after being extradited from the US. The 49-year-old is expected to be granted bail on Tuesday after appearing in court in Dublin charged with 33 fraud-related offences.

A border poll on the reunification of Ireland should be held if Britain votes to leave the EU, Martin McGuinness said. The Sinn Fein leader predicted any exit would be against the democratic wishes of the Irish people.

Ten homes have been raided in the second Garda operation against a major crime outfit. Properties in Kevin Street and Pearse Street in central Dublin were searched in the dawn blitz.

The former head of the defunct Anglo Irish Bank has appeared in court in Ireland on 33 charges related to the lender’s operations in the year before it went bust. David Drumm, one time chief executive of a bank which cost Irish citizens 29 billion euro (£22.4bn), was extradited from the US overnight and brought… Continue reading Extradited ex-Anglo Irish Bank boss David Drumm faces Dublin court

Northern Ireland’s police are thwarting up to four planned dissident republican attacks for every one the extremists manage to pull off, a senior commander has warned. The officer leading the fight against the violent renegades said a number of murder bids were prevented in the seven days since dissidents injured a prison officer in an… Continue reading 'Vast majority of attacks' stopped in campaign against dissident republicans

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has declared he will resign after a deeply-split parliament could not agree on a new premier. His outgoing Fine Gael/Labour coalition government will remain on in a caretaker capacity as political parties remain in deadlock about the way forward after the most divisive general election in recent times.

Ireland’s economy has grown at the fastest rate since 2000. The 7.8% boost to all business done in the country last year outstrips every other European country and is built mainly around continued demand for exports and resurgent high street spending.

Banks are seizing more than three homes every day across Ireland, latest figures reveal. Towards the end of last year 340 houses were repossessed by lenders after owners were forced by the courts to hand back the keys or they simply gave up the fight to keep a roof over their heads.

Finance minister Michael Noonan has questions to answer after keeping Stormont counterparts in the dark over proposed payments to a former adviser to Ireland’s bad bank, a watchdog claimed. The Assembly’s finance committee said it was unclear why Mr Noonan did not intervene when issues emerged with one of the bidders for Nama’s massive Northern… Continue reading Michael Noonan 'kept Stormont committee in dark over proposed Nama payments'

The operators of the Luas have organised private buses to ferry tens of thousands of people into Dublin during tram strikes on St Patrick’s Day. Amid no sign of a deal on pay claims for drivers, Transdev said it will run special services from its park and ride facilities into the city centre.