An Irish court On Friday sentenced three former employees of Anglo Irish Bank to between 18 and 36 months in prison, the first bankers to be jailed since the country's financial crash. The failure of Anglo Irish, which became synonymous with the casino-style lending practices that drove Ireland's "Celtic Tiger" boom and subsequent bust, cost the state 30 billion euros (£22.1 billion), part of what forced the government to seek an EU/IMF bailout.