The day Enda got a political wallop and 7 other moments that defined the political year
Promissory note gone, abortion legislated for, the Seanad retained, and the bailout exited – here are few key moments from the past 12 months.
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Promissory note gone, abortion legislated for, the Seanad retained, and the bailout exited – here are few key moments from the past 12 months.
They are John Bowe, former head of treasury at Anglo Irish Bank, Peter Fitzpatrick former finance director at Irish Life and Permanent and Denis Casey, former chief executive of ILP.
The Irish tweeted about everything from lapgate to Anglotapes, Seamus Heaney to the Late Late (among other things).
In an interview on The Pat Kenny Show, Sean Quinn denied claims his family leaked tapes to INM newspapers and Sinn Féin.
Finance spokesperson Michael McGrath said the Sinn Féin’s claim that it has new recordings from Anglo Irish Bank is an attempt to distract from Monday’s TV programme about The Disappeared.
Sinn Féin’s decision, on legal advice, not to release the recordings makes it difficult to determine at this point how important or significant they are.
The party says that the tapes cover the period between February and September 2008.
Former Anglo CEO David Drumm can be heard admitting he knew the lender was circulating the money between it and Irish Life & Permanent.
Governor Patrick Honohan clarified the Central Bank’s position on the controversial recordings this evening.
Mary Lou McDonald and Brendan Howlin clashed over the Anglo Tapes in the Dáil this morning.
Governor Patrick Honohan says its not the Central Bank’s job to trawl through the tapes to look for evidence and that ‘we’re not going to get any more money out of Anglo’ in any case.
Everyone’s been talking about Michaella McCollum, the Anglo Tapes and crime stats.
“No new issues” came to light as a result of the publication of the tapes earlier this year, according to a statement from the Central Bank this afternoon.
Bank of Ireland’s response to a Michael Noonan letter on preservation of records was “measured at best, reserved at worst” according to committee chairman Ciarán Lynch.
A group of protesters staged a series of peaceful, silent demonstrations outside the gates of the Dáil in the weeks leading up to its summer break – each member reading a book chosen to “send a message”. Some of them have been sharing their choices with TheJournal.ie…
Minister Frances Fitzgerald has called Fianna Fáil claims that the Taoiseach was in a position to brief banking executives as “ridiculous”.
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We need to establish exactly what caused the banking crisis and led to the bank guarantee scheme – but are TD best placed to do this? A Commission of Inquiry is surely a better model, writes Eoin O’Malley.
The Taoiseach also faced questions about the role of public interest directors at Irish banks.
The latest conversations will raise questions about how much Anglo executives knew about the sinking bank.
An Oireachtas banking inquiry is needed to identify individual wrongdoing and system failures – as well as to establish the behaviour of the Central Bank before and after the economic collapse, TDs have said today.
David Drumm has attacked the tapes and said he won’t be made a scapegoat for the bank crisis.
Having worked in the financial sector, I know arrogant attitudes are commonplace in finance – which is why the Anglo tapes don’t surprise me one bit, writes Carol Redmond.
Still reeling from the Anglo Tapes? We recall a clairvoyant extract from satirical novel, The Eighty-Five Billion Dollar Man.
Have you been living on a deserted island for the past two weeks? Catch up on everything Anglo in TheJournal.ie’s examination of what was said, who noticed and what can happen next?
The renowned magazine was generally downbeat on Ireland in an editorial for this week’s edition.
The former chairman of the defunct bank has come under pressure for “singing dumb” in relation to what he knew about the Anglo Tapes.
The former CEO of Anglo Irish Bank believes the Anglo tapes were “edited” to make it look like he and others mislead the Central Bank.
The Anglo Tapes have been reported throughout Europe with Angela Merkel’s tough words pleasing German voters.
Inspired by a campaign that started in Turkey’s Taksim Square and spread via social media, Irish people are being asked to ‘book the bankers’ at a demonstration tomorrow.
…to a German newspaper.
Gerry Adams said he was surprised that Noonan is only writing to banks tomorrow, given that it is five years since the banking crisis.
Michael D reassures Irish people they will be recognised internationally for their spirit and hard work.
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform was confronted by protesters outside the Department of Finance earlier today.
The Fianna Fáil leader has defended the actions of his predecessors in an interview this morning.