1969: Guinness & Mahon forms a small investment company on the Cayman Islands. John Furze first meets Des Traynor.
1971: Guinness & Mahon sets up a "B" licence bank on the Cayman Islands.
1974: Guinness & Mahon begins as "A" licensed authorised dealers on the Cayman Islands. Bank called Guinness Mahon Cayman Trust. Joint managing directors are John Furze and John Collins. Chairman is Des Traynor.
1974: Padraig Collery joins Guinness & Mahon. Involved in the maintenance of the memorandum accounts.
1984: Guinness Mahon Cayman Trust, which had been a subsidiary of the Dublin bank, Guinness & Mahon, becomes a direct subsidiary of the Dublin bank's parent, Guinness Mahon bank in London.
1986: Mr Traynor resigns from Guinness & Mahon. Remains on as chairman of the Cayman bank.
1988: London bank sells the Cayman bank to a management consortium for "around £5.8 million". Management consortium soon afterwards sells 75 per cent shareholdings to Henry Ansbacher Holdings for £3 million. Name of bank changed to Ansbacher Ltd. Consortium subsequently sells its remaining 25 per cent to the company for an unknown amount.
1989: Mr Collery leaves Guinness & Mahon. Audit of Dublin bank finds £38 million in the Ansbacher deposits.
1990/91: Audit carried out for Henry Ansbacher Holdings expresses concern about aspects of the Cayman operation. Ansbacher deposits are moved from Guinness & Mahon to the Irish Intercontinental Bank.
1992: Funds moved out of Ansbacher account in Irish Intercontinental and into account in the name of Hamilton Ross Ltd. Funds include those of Mr Haughey.
1994: Mr Traynor dies. Mr Furze and Mr Collery remove files from his office.
1995: Mr Furze leaves Ansbacher Ltd. Mr Collery ceases managing the Ansbacher accounts in Dublin. Ansbacher removes funds to Cayman Islands.
1997: Tribunal evidence leads to run on Hamilton Ross deposits in Irish Intercontinental Bank. Mr Furze dies.