Sean Fitzpatrick will go on trial in October, after a judge rejected an application for it to be adjourned.
Judge Martin Nolan said he felt the former Anglo chairman could get a fair trial, and that he had a negative reputation.
Last Friday, lawyers for Sean Fitzpatrick argued that their client had suffered a 'cascade of sludge' during the trial and conviction of three former staff at Anglo Irish Bank, and applied for the case to be adjourned.
In Dublin Circuit Criminal Court this morning, Judge Martin Nolan said he only had to consider whether Mr Fitzpatrick could get a fair trial.
Judge Nolan said the 66 year old had been the subject of criticism, ridicule and odium since 2008, and already had a negative reputation.
He said he felt he could rely on a jury to be impartial in the forthcoming trial, and said it should go ahead on October 5th.
Sean Fitzpatrick has pleaded not guilty to 27 offences under the Companies Act 1990
