# bank-guarantee - Sunday 30 September, 2018
# Opinion
# Opinion
Economist Victor Duggan was Labour TD Joan Burton’s economic advisor on the night of the bank guarantee. He recounts that fateful night here.
# bank-guarantee - Tuesday 13 June, 2017
# Return On Investment
# Return On Investment
Labour leader Brendan Howlin said that the Irish people “sacrificed so much to protect our banking system”.
# bank-guarantee - Friday 26 May, 2017
# YOU CAN BANK ON IT
# YOU CAN BANK ON IT
It is one of only a handful of its kind in Europe.
# bank-guarantee - Friday 14 April, 2017
# Bubble And Burst
# Bubble And Burst
The former Unicredit executive said his life was ‘utterly destroyed’ after he came forward about breaches.
# bank-guarantee - Tuesday 28 February, 2017
# Bank Guarantee
# Bank Guarantee
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is among those to have paid tribute to Mathews, saying Ireland is “a poorer place” without him.
# bank-guarantee - Monday 14 December, 2015
# The Life Of Bert
# The Life Of Bert
The former taoiseach has given the BBC his verdict on the cause of Ireland’s financial meltdown.
# bank-guarantee - Tuesday 20 October, 2015
# The Life Of Bert
# The Life Of Bert
The former taoiseach said he had “long left government” by the time of the September 2008 guarantee. He was gone four months.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 10 September, 2015
# Dread Letter Days
# Dread Letter Days
Ajai Chopra claimed the ECB “went beyond its mandate” in letters sent by Jean-Claude Trichet to Brian Lenihan.
# bank-guarantee - Tuesday 14 July, 2015
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 9 July, 2015
# Sitting Around
# Sitting Around
Brendan McDonagh spent four hours at government buildings on the night of 29 September 2008.
# Banking Inquiry
# Banking Inquiry
Derek Quinlan moved to Switzerland after the crash.
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 8 July, 2015
# The Life Of Brian
# The Life Of Brian
The former Taoiseach defended the bank guarantee and got a badly-needed toilet break.
# Conspiracy Theories
# Conspiracy Theories
The former Taoiseach also said he underestimated the impact of the IMF coming to town.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 2 July, 2015
# The Life Of Brian
# The Life Of Brian
The former Taoiseach came out swinging at a lengthy hearing in Leinster House today. §
# Fianna Fáil Days
# Fianna Fáil Days
The former Taoiseach discussed his time as finance minister.
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 24 June, 2015
# Banking Inquiry
# Banking Inquiry
A former senior finance official has revealed secret plans were made in case Ireland defaulted from the euro.
# bank-guarantee - Friday 19 June, 2015
# Fianna Fáil Family
# Fianna Fáil Family
The former minister has said Brian Cowen’s evidence at the banking inquiry will be “very illuminating”.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 18 June, 2015
# Good Guys Vs Bad Guys
# Good Guys Vs Bad Guys
A former top official at the Department of Finance said we are leaving our children with a huge bill.
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 17 June, 2015
# Fianna Fáil Vs Fianna Fáil
# Fianna Fáil Vs Fianna Fáil
Mary O’Rourke has revealed her thoughts on Bertie Ahern’s comments about Brian Lenihan.
# Bank Guarantee
# Bank Guarantee
The former secretary general at the Department of Finance has been giving evidence at the banking inquiry.
# bank-guarantee - Monday 1 June, 2015
# Brothers In Arms
# Brothers In Arms
We asked Barry Cowen about his brother’s appearance before the banking inquiry next month.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 28 May, 2015
# The Regulator
# The Regulator
One TD was paraphrasing Oscar Wilde at the banking inquiry today.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 21 May, 2015
# No Dissenter
# No Dissenter
John Hurley, the former governor of the Central Bank, is before the banking inquiry today .
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 14 May, 2015
# Sweet Dreams
# Sweet Dreams
The Bank of Ireland’s former governor said Brian Cowen was the one who suddenly dropped the news.
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 6 May, 2015
# We All Partied
# We All Partied
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 30 April, 2015
# State Of The Nation
# State Of The Nation
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
# Panic On The Streets
# Panic On The Streets
Eugene Sheehy said the bank took too many risks and he could have stopped this from happening.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 23 April, 2015
# Banking Inquiry
# Banking Inquiry
Those who fail to cooperate with the inquiry or provide false information could face up to five years in prison.
# Banking Inquiry
# Banking Inquiry
Former AIB chair Dermot Gleeson is before the banking inquiry today.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 9 April, 2015
# The Governator
# The Governator
But the Central Bank governor also wants to explode a few myths about the banking crisis.
# bank-guarantee - Monday 16 March, 2015
# THE STORY SO FAR
# THE STORY SO FAR
The inquiry is finally up and running and it’s had its moments…
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 12 March, 2015
# Power Vs Money
# Power Vs Money
Surely none of our politicians are THAT corrupt?
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 11 March, 2015
# Notes On A Scandal
# Notes On A Scandal
The banking inquiry got animated today.
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 4 March, 2015
# We All Partied
# We All Partied
The banking inquiry heard from a former financial advisor to Brian Lenihan this afternoon.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 26 February, 2015
# Digestives And Milk
# Digestives And Milk
David McWilliams says he became a defacto advisor to Brian Lenihan before the 2008 bank guarantee.
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 18 February, 2015
# Too Big To Fail
# Too Big To Fail
Former IMF and Irish financial official Dónal Donovan gives his 2c at the banking inquiry.
# bank-guarantee - Thursday 5 February, 2015
# Insane
# Insane
Professor William Black told the banking inquiry that the decision to issue a blanket guarantee in 2008 was “insane”.
# bank-guarantee - Friday 16 January, 2015
# Lenihan And Me
# Lenihan And Me
At the banking inquiry yesterday, the Central Bank governor recalled a conversation with the then-finance minister in December 2008.
# bank-guarantee - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
# Banking Inquiry
# Banking Inquiry
Peter Nyberg said it’s “unlikely something really exciting and new will emerge” from the Oireachtas investigation.
# 6 Years On
# 6 Years On
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.
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