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Friday 27 November 2020
Economist Victor Duggan was Labour TD Joan Burton’s economic advisor on the night of the bank guarantee. He recounts that fateful night here.
Labour leader Brendan Howlin said that the Irish people “sacrificed so much to protect our banking system”.
It is one of only a handful of its kind in Europe.
The former Unicredit executive said his life was ‘utterly destroyed’ after he came forward about breaches.
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is among those to have paid tribute to Mathews, saying Ireland is “a poorer place” without him.
The former taoiseach has given the BBC his verdict on the cause of Ireland’s financial meltdown.
The former taoiseach said he had “long left government” by the time of the September 2008 guarantee. He was gone four months.
Ajai Chopra claimed the ECB “went beyond its mandate” in letters sent by Jean-Claude Trichet to Brian Lenihan.
Bad news for the committee.
Brendan McDonagh spent four hours at government buildings on the night of 29 September 2008.
Derek Quinlan moved to Switzerland after the crash.
The former Taoiseach defended the bank guarantee and got a badly-needed toilet break.
The former Taoiseach also said he underestimated the impact of the IMF coming to town.
The former Taoiseach came out swinging at a lengthy hearing in Leinster House today. §
The former Taoiseach discussed his time as finance minister.
A former senior finance official has revealed secret plans were made in case Ireland defaulted from the euro.
The former minister has said Brian Cowen’s evidence at the banking inquiry will be “very illuminating”.
A former top official at the Department of Finance said we are leaving our children with a huge bill.
Mary O’Rourke has revealed her thoughts on Bertie Ahern’s comments about Brian Lenihan.
The former secretary general at the Department of Finance has been giving evidence at the banking inquiry.
We asked Barry Cowen about his brother’s appearance before the banking inquiry next month.
One TD was paraphrasing Oscar Wilde at the banking inquiry today.
John Hurley, the former governor of the Central Bank, is before the banking inquiry today .
The Bank of Ireland’s former governor said Brian Cowen was the one who suddenly dropped the news.
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
Eugene Sheehy said the bank took too many risks and he could have stopped this from happening.
Those who fail to cooperate with the inquiry or provide false information could face up to five years in prison.
Former AIB chair Dermot Gleeson is before the banking inquiry today.
But the Central Bank governor also wants to explode a few myths about the banking crisis.
The inquiry is finally up and running and it’s had its moments…
Surely none of our politicians are THAT corrupt?
The banking inquiry got animated today.
The banking inquiry heard from a former financial advisor to Brian Lenihan this afternoon.
David McWilliams says he became a defacto advisor to Brian Lenihan before the 2008 bank guarantee.
Former IMF and Irish financial official Dónal Donovan gives his 2c at the banking inquiry.
Professor William Black told the banking inquiry that the decision to issue a blanket guarantee in 2008 was “insane”.
At the banking inquiry yesterday, the Central Bank governor recalled a conversation with the then-finance minister in December 2008.
Peter Nyberg said it’s “unlikely something really exciting and new will emerge” from the Oireachtas investigation.
What happened in the days and weeks leading up to the bank guarantee of 30 September 2008? TheJournal.ie presents an in-depth account from the people who were in the thick of it.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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