Access to Information Updates
Myself and Tom Lyons wrote yesterday in the Sunday Independent about new revelations from The Anglo Tapes, new audio of which is available over on Independent.ie. This follows on from the trojan work of Paul Williams, Fionnan Sheahan, Dearbhail McDonald and Donal O’Donovan in the Irish Independent last week.
TheStory.ie has obtained a confidential plan submitted by Anglo Irish Bank/Irish Nationwide to the European Commission, which was put together by a working group from the Department of Finance, the NTMA, the Central Bank, Anglo and INBS. The plan, dated January 31, 2011 was submitted to the European Commission for approval and was guided by … Continue reading “Anglo Irish/INBS restructuring plan 2011-2020”
I received notice party documents yesterday from McCann Fitzgerald solicitors in to the impending case between Anglo Irish Bank and the Commissioner for Environmental Information. NAMA are also taking a similar case. Both are in relation to requests I submitted to both organisations in early 2010. To be clear here: my sole motivation is the … Continue reading “Anglo vs the Commissioner for Environmental Information”
As Simon Carswell outlines in this morning’s Irish Times, David Drumm has responded to Anglo in documents filed in court on Monday. It makes for very interesting reading. News geeks among you: here are the court documents which flew onto my computer faster than you can say bankrupt. The docuuments are in response to an … Continue reading “David Drumm's response to Anglo”
Similar in nature to the earlier NAMA decision, the Commissioner for Environmental Information today ruled that Anglo Irish Bank (now known as the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation) is a public authority for the purposes of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR). It relates to requests I submitted to the Bank in February 2010, which the bank … Continue reading “Anglo Irish Bank – a public authority under EIR”
I couldn’t let this pass without putting it in full here (emphasis mine): JUDGMENT of Mr. Justice Kelly delivered on the 10th day of May, 2011 Introduction The collapse of Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited (Anglo) has had profound and serious consequences for the economic wellbeing of this State and its’ citizens. It has caused … Continue reading “Judge Kelly on Anglo and the ODCE”
Right at the end of Leader’s questions last week, and with reference to his meetings in 2008, Mr Cowen said: That would have been organised by Fintan Drury who organised the golf outing. It was about being able to sit down with people at the end of the day and having a chat about the … Continue reading “Cowen's meetings and Anglo problems”
Some have come up before, and some are new: Anglo Irish Bank Corporation Limited Anglo Irish Bank Limited Anglo Irish Assurance Company Limited Anglo Irish Corporate Bank Limited Anglo Irish International Finance Anglo Irish Asset Management Limited Buyway Group Limited Pagnol Limited Anglo Irish Nominees Limited Anglo Irish Bank (Nominees) Limited Geranth Limited Pegasus Nominees … Continue reading “More Anglo subsidiaries”
This is a list of over 1,000 Anglo Irish Bank subsidiaries or related companies, with a path of minimum 25.01% of control – known shareholders. Most of the companies are British registered, and can be up to 9 times removed from the parent (ie – subsidiaries of subsidiaries of subsidiaries and so on). If you … Continue reading “Anglo Irish Bank – related companies”
As mentioned previously, I am arguing that Anglo Irish Bank is a public authority for the purposes of the Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) (SI 133/2007). Here is my reply to Anglo’s submission: 45265301-ANGLOReply (PDF) 45265301-ANGLOReply (Text)