Banking Inquiry rejects Sean FitzPatrick's request not to give evidence
An application from former Anglo Irish bank chairman Sean Fitzpatrick to avoid giving evidence before the Banking Inquiry has been rejected.
Mr FitzPatrick, along with former Anglo executives John Bowe and Pat Whelan made the application under section 72 of the Inquiries Act.
The Act allows witnesses to withdraw from an Inquiry, if they can show their evidence would prejudice legal processes or investigations.
The three bankers have the option to appeal their case to the Director of Public Prosecutions, however.
