A former Anglo Irish Bank official has been refused bail, pending an appeal in the new year.

Bernard Daly of Collins Avenue West, Whitehall in Dublin was jailed in July for conspiring to hide accounts linked to former chairman Sean Fitzpatrick.

Mr Daly is serving a two year sentence for giving Revenue false information and conspiring to delete accounts from the former bank’s internal system.

He was convicted at the end of July, following a 35-day trial.

Mr Daly (67), who used to work as Anglo’s company secretary, is appealing that conviction, and applied to the Court of Appeal for bail pending the hearing.

His lawyers argued he has a strong chance of success, claiming his trial was unfair from start to finish. Many of their grounds for appeal focus on the judge’s charge to the jurors before they began their deliberations.

However, this renewed bail application was dismissed this morning and three days have been set aside to hear his appeal in January.