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Day 1
28th January 1999Witnesses:
Mr. Matthew Price
Accountant, former Director of Dunnes Stores (Bangor) Ltd.
Mr. Samuel Field-Corbett
Director of Management Investment Services Ltd
Day 2
29th January 1999Witnesses:
Ms Sandra Kells
Certified Public Accountant
Financial Director of Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Mr. Padraig Collery
Former Banker with Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Mr. Ross McCarter
Chief Manager
College Green Branch, Ulster Bank Ltd.
Mr. Kevin Drumgoole
Chartered Accountant
Audit Manager, Oliver Freaney & Company Ltd.
Mr. Paul Wyse
Chartered Accountant
Audit Partner, Oliver Freaney & Company Ltd.
Day 3
2nd February 1999Witnesses:
Mr. Noel Fox
Chartered Accountant
Senior Partner, Oliver Freaney & Company Ltd.
Mr. Bernard Dunne
Former Chairman and Executive Director of Dunnes Holding Company
Day 4
3rd February 1999Witnesses:
Mr. Bernard Dunne
Former Chairman and Executive Director of Dunnes Holding Company
Mr. Patrick O’Donoghue
Chartered Accountant
Director & Company Secretary of Dunnes Stores Group
Ms Sandra Kells
Certified Public Accountant
Financial Director of Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Day 5
4th February 1999Witnesses:
Mr. Paul Carty
Managing Partner of Deloitte & Touche
Mr. Bernard Dunne
Former Chairman and Executive Director of Dunnes Holding Company
Mr. Noel Fox
Chartered Accountant
Senior Partner, Oliver Freaney & Company Ltd.
Mr. Patrick O’Donoghue
Chartered Accountant
Director & Company Secretary of Dunnes Stores Group
Mr. Patrick Mc Cann
Certified Public Accountant
Director of Management Investment Services Ltd.
Mr. Samuel Field-Corbett
Director of Management Investment Services Ltd.
Day 6
5th February 1999Witnesses
Mr. Joe Cummins
Former Accountant with Dunnes Stores Group
Mr. Padraig Collery
Former Banker with Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Mr. John Byrne
Director of Carlisle Trust Ltd.
Mr. Peter Lacey
Charted Accountant, Partner in Price Waterhouse Coopers
Mr. Brendan Vaughan
Senior Manager, Bank Of Ireland
Mr. Pat Monahan
Solicitor, Bank of Ireland
Mr. Patrick O’Donoghue
Chartered Accountant, Director & Company Secretary of Dunnes Stores Group
Day 7
9th February 1999Witnesses
Mr. Bernard Dunne
Former Chairman and Executive Director of Dunnes Holding Company
Mr. John Barnicle
Director of Celtic Helicopters
Dr John O’Connell
Former Minister, TD and Senator
Day 8
10th February 1999Witnesses
Mr. Paul McHale
Official of the Bank of Ireland
Mr. Michael Murphy
Chief Executive Officer of M Murphy Insurance Services Ltd.
Mr. Ciaran Haughey
Director of Celtic Helicopters
Day 9
11th February 1999Witnesses
Mr. Kieran Ryan
Chartered Accountant
Mr. Paul Carty
Managing Partner of Deloitte & Touche
Mr. Ralph MacDarby
Director & Secretary of Secretarial Trust Company, Deloitte & Touche
Day 10
12th February 1999Witnesses
Mr. Joseph Malone
Business Executive
Mr. Tony Barnes
Associate Director, Operations Department of Irish Intercontinental Bank
Mr. Padraig Collery
Former Banker with Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Mr. Conor Haughey
Businessman
Mr. Sean Haughey
TD
Day 12
17th February 1999Witnesses
Mr. Bryan Sheridan
Solicitor, Group Law Agent, AIB Plc
Mr. Gerard A O’Donnell
Former Manager, AIB Plc
Mr. Michael D Kennedy
Former Executive, AIB Plc
Mr. Gerald B Scanlan
Former Deputy Chairman & Group Chief Executive, AIB Plc
Day 13
18th February 1999Witnesses
Mr. Gerald B Scanlan
Former Deputy Chairman & Group Chief Executive, AIB Plc
Ms Sandra Kells
Certified Public Accountant
Financial Director of Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Day 14
2nd March 1999Witnesses
Mr. Gerard F Hughes
Chartered Company Secretary,
Senior Manager, Oliver Freaney and Company Ltd.
Mr. Michael Irwin
Chartered Accountant,
Former Chief Accountant of Dunnes Stores Group
Mr. Michael Curneen
Former Employee of Smurfit Paribas Bank
Mr. Owen J Binchy
Solictor, Binchys Solicitors
Personal Representive of Mr. Patrick Butler, deceased
Mr. William Corrigan
Solictor, Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors
Executor of the Estate of Mr. P V Doyle, deceased
Mr. John Barnicle
Director of Celtic Helicopters
Mr. Tony Barnes
Associate Director,
Operations Department of Irish Intercontinental Bank
Mr. John Byrne
Director of Carlisle Trust Ltd.
Ms Sandra Kells
Certified Public Accountant
Financial Director of Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Day 15
3rd March 1999Witnesses
Mr Gerald Kean
Solicitor, Keans Solicitors
Mr Xavier Mc Auliffe
Businessman
Mr Ciaran Haughey
Director of Celtic Helicopters
Dr Michael Dargan
Retired Company Director and Bloodstock Breeder
Day 16
4th March 1999Witnesses
Mr Ernan Rory O’Connor
Solicitor, Former Law Agent of AIB Plc
Dr Liam St. John Devlin
Former Deputy Chairman of AIB Plc
Dr Patrick Lynch
Former Deputy Chairman of AIB Plc
Mr Thomas Kavanagh
Former Director of AIB Plc
Mr James Emmanuel Fitzpatrick
Former Director of AIB Plc
Mr Robert D Ryan
Former Public Relations Officer for AIB Plc
Mr Joseph McGlynn
Former Director of AIB Plc
Mr Joseph B Carr
Former Director of AIB Plc
Mr Charles Greyston
Former Director of AIB Plc
Day 17
18th May 1999Witnesses
Mr Michael D Kennedy
Former Executive of AIB Plc
Dr Michael W J Smurfit
Former Director AIB Plc
Mr Denis J Murphy
Director of AIB Plc
Mr John B Mc Guckian
Director of AIB Plc
Ms Sandra Kells
Certified Public Accountant
Financial Director of Guinness & Mahon (Ireland) Ltd.
Mr Gerry Grehan
Manager, Rotunda Branch, Bank of Ireland
Day 18
19th May 1999Witnesses
Ms Assumpta Reid
Manager, Bank Of Ireland
Mr Gerry Grehan
Manager, Rotunda Branch, Bank of Ireland
Mr John Hickey
Former Deputy Chief Executive of ACC Bank Plc
Mr Tony Traynor
Executor of the Estate of J Desmond Traynor, deceased
Mr Seamus Purcell
Businessman
Mr Bernard Dunne
Former Chairman and Executive Director of Dunnes Holding Company
Mr Michael Murphy
Chief Executive Officer of M Murphy Insurance Services Ltd.
Day 19
20th May 1999Witnesses
Mr Michael Murphy
Chief Executive Officer of M Murphy Insurance Services Ltd.
Mr David Gresty
Managing Director of DB Agencies
Mr John Barnicle
Director of Celtic Helicopters
Day 20
21st May 1999Witnesses
Mr David Gresty
Managing Director of DB Agencies
Mr Patrick Gallagher
Former Managing Director of the Gallagher Group
Mr John Cousins
Former Finanical Director of the Gallagher Group
Ms Genevieve Tracy
Acting Manager, Ballsbridge Branch, Bank of Ireland
Mr Louis O’Byrne
Authorised Officer of the Central Bank of Ireland
Mr Paul O’Brien
Authorised Officer of the Central Bank of Ireland