Updated 08.55

A US government attorney has said former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm is a "clear flight risk" who could flee, if released on bail.

Mr Drumm is due in court for a bail hearing today as he awaits a decision on whether he is to be sent back to Ireland, where he faces criminal charges related to Anglo's collapse.

David Drumm has been in custody in the US for the past month, after being arrested by US Marshals at his home near Boston.

Lawyers for Drumm have told a Boston court that the courts here in Ireland would likely grant him bail while awaiting trial on charges including forgery and conspiracy.

Washington Correspondent with the Irish Times, Simon Carswell, told Newstalk Breakfast it would be unusual for a defendant to be released in an extradition case: