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High Court to hear update on Anglo collapse investigation

The court will hear the latest on the investigation into the collapse of the former Anglo Irish Bank.

THE HIGH COURT will receive an update on the investigation by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the Anglo collapse.

The case (Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Ltd v the Companies Acts 1963 – 2009) will be heard at 11am by Mr Justice Peter Kelly.

This is separate to the individual actions already being taken against the former executives of the bank who were arrested over the past 24 hours.

In May 2011, Justice Kelly criticised the slow pace of the ODCE  inquires into the affairs of Anglo.

At the time, it was reported that Kelly had previously been told that aspects of the investigation would not be completed before the end of 2011, although the original date of conclusion was March 2011.

The DPP defended the speed of the inquiry, describing the circumstances a “unusual”.

Over a million electronic records are believed to have been seized since February 2009 as part of the investigations into the affairs of the bank.

The Director of Corporate Enforcement retired in February, but insisted that it would not impede the investigation.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 1:20 PM

    Makes the Anglo “deal”, look even worse.

    Unless Ireland can outperform the Euro zone by 1% every year for the next 40 year, inflation will not decrease the burden it will add to it.

    Michael Noonan “forgot” (read refused), to tell us what the banks have legally had to tell us for years, “Past performance is no indication of future performance”.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 1:24 PM

    For the benefit of readers who might not understand what you’re getting at, Eurostat figures put Inflation in the Eurozone at 2.0% in the year to January 2013.

    http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STAT-13-18_en.htm

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    Feb 14th 2013, 1:48 PM

    Basic 101 economics ‘The Law of Diminishing Returns’

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    Feb 14th 2013, 1:40 PM

    Austerity really working I see.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 1:58 PM

    It is working! For the billionaires that is.. their wealth is increasing rapidly.. look it up yourselves.
    Look at the situation from the perspective of its creators.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 1:42 PM

    And is anyone really surprised by this? What exactly is it going to take to make the Germans realise that austerity economics is not working – you can’t cut your way out of a recession.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 2:54 PM

    It’s not entirely bad news for Ireland. It means that interest rates are unlikely to rise at any time in the near future, which will be a relief to anyone who owes any significant debt.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 1:28 PM

    So who profited on the 0.6% debt increase?

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    Feb 14th 2013, 8:38 PM

    The economy dropped 0.6% in the forth quarter of 2012.
    Debt is a different issue. I don’t know understand what you’re saying. ? Sorry

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    Feb 14th 2013, 5:53 PM

    The debt based money system we use is essentially a ponzi scheme. As money is only created through debt and it demands payment with interest it is mathematically impossible to pay down all debts. The system must grow exponentially to feed the new money creation. Unfortunately permanent exponential growth is also mathematically impossible. By taking on the debts of the sick monsters who would enslave us our government has sold us down the river and up the swanny. We can just hope against hope that the system’s bubble reinflates itself long enough for us to dig ourselves out of this. The future of this country depends upon this very dodgy gamble…

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    Feb 14th 2013, 8:43 PM

    Very well said John.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 9:16 PM

    Try telling that Jack Bowden, 2 comments up. He didnt get what I was hinting at.

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    Feb 14th 2013, 10:57 PM

    tin hats for sale, 50 euro.

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