Eoghan Murphy wants to enact banking inquiry proposals
Minister of State outlines plans for special committee
Minister of State outlines plans for special committee
Ó Cuív urges Taoiseach to detail content of conversation about debt burden sharing
In 49 days of hearings, 131 witnesses gave testimony. Its purpose: to investigate Ireland’s troika bailout. Its cost: €6.6 million. What did it get right, and what did it get wrong?
Analysts appeared to have bought into the ‘soft landing’ scenario popular at the time
Department of Finance explored possible scenarios nine months before banking crisis
Minutes said developers wanted corporate borrowings kept separate from personal assets
The senior bonds debacle is resonant because it reflects a profound sense of injustice
INBS chief approved top-up loan without sufficient backup, inquiry papers show
Former chairman of bank thought it would be confined to pillar banks
Draft plan claimed bank could overcome ‘issues’ caused by crisis, inquiry told
Social Democrats deputy Stephen Donnelly calls for Minister for Finance’s resignation
Shortfall among a litany of weaknesses at Irish Nationwide highlighted by inquiry report
‘It would not surprise’ Micheal McGrath if pressure contributed to minister’s illness
Eoghan Murphy said Joe Higgins planned to oppose report before even signing up to committee
NTMA advised Government of possible savings in March 2011
‘External authorities’ warned a ‘bomb’ would go off if State tried to burn bondholders
This is what accountability looks like. It’s incredibly slow and not very pretty but digging for the truth is the murkiest job in the world
‘Solvent’ as it pertained to status of covered banks was removed from final official statement
Pearse Doherty declines to sign off on final report, calling it ‘incoherent and dysfunctional’
Markets had factored in ‘burden sharing with subordinate and senior debt’
Report managed to land some blows but lacked killer punch
Committee says ECB insisted there would be no burden-sharing with bondholders
Electorate does not need banking inquiry report to decide if has quite finished with FF
Shared responsibility ‘does not mean that nobody was responsible’, says FF’s McGrath
Banking inquiry report serves a purpose in the public interest but restrictions hamper outcome
Ireland’s entry into programme ‘inevitable’
Report says DPP would likely have blocked David Drumm from giving evidence
Report says ‘soft landing’ theory must be regarded as key failing
Inquiry report finds FF-led government was assured about underlying health of banks
From the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Anglo to the bank gurantee and bailout
Report says minutes of 2008 meeting indicate bank could require taxpayer support
Socialist TD publishes minority report based on public hearings of banking inquiry
European Central Bank explicitly threatened government in March 2011
Committee invested hundreds of hours to hear of events leading to Irish economic crash
Report expected to criticise Central Bank, regulator, ECB and the government
Thursday’s discussion of report is last impediment to Taoiseach setting vote date
Tomorrow’s final report highly critical of Central Bank, ECB and FF-led government
All too often, legal and confidentiality issues hinder the effectiveness of investigations
Oireachtas committee changes draftof final report following legal threats
Alterations to reflect requests by Johnny Ronan and Michael O’Flynn
Brian Cowen criticises 'prejudicial statements' and claims his good name has been impugned
More than 30 responses were received from people and institutions named in the draft
Final report which runs to 750 pages labelled deficient – and rewritten by TDs and Senators
Brian Cowen and Bertie Ahern among those to be given 14 days to submit responses
Final report set to conclude that Central Bank had contingency plan to avoid default
Chairman says report will provide clear and explicit list of findings and recommendations
Michael McNamara says voters right not to give Oireachtas committees more powers
‘Drafting reports is always difficult because you’re trying to get cross-party consensus to issues that are sometimes controversial’
Committee 'unhappy' with final document after spending weekend amending 450-page document
Marc MacSharry and Joe Higgins say no future inquiry should be conducted under current legislation
Doherty tells committee he won’t sign document due to lack of answers about crash causes
Members to receive legal advice on how to proceed if a final report cannot be agreed
FF Senator wants emergency legislation prepared if investigation collapses
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