# Bank Guarantee

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Ex-Iceland PM says trial 'is not an example' for other countries

Geir Haarde was found not guilty on all but one of the five charges brought against him by authorities in Iceland. He was the first world leader to go on trial over the global financial crisis.

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Apr 24th 2012, 2:20 PM

# Bank Guarantee

Public demand for full investigation into banking crisis to be answered

The probe could see former government ministers, civil servants and banking executives account for their actions ahead of the September 2008 bank guarantee

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Apr 15th 2012, 11:47 AM

# Debt Crisis

Cowen compares banking crisis to 'multiple plane crashes occurring at once'

In a speech in Washington, the former taoiseach also attacks conventional political thinking in advance of the crisis.

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Mar 27th 2012, 6:45 AM

# One Year In

TheJournal.ie’s progress report for the Government: Banking and the IMF/EU deal

It’s possibly the single biggest issue facing the government – but how has it dealt with the troika deal and banking in its first year?

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Mar 9th 2012, 2:00 AM

# Fianna Fáil

So what exactly were Fianna Fáil apologising for?

Party leader Micheál Martin has given details – and said he didn’t meet Bertie Ahern at yesterday’s ard fheis.

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Mar 4th 2012, 1:45 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Dec 12th 2011, 4:45 PM

# Ulster Bank

Ulster Bank lost €925m in deposits when Bank Guarantee kicked in

The Irish arm of RBS lost £732 million in deposits in the four days after the government guaranteed its native competitors.

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Dec 12th 2011, 1:46 PM

# Mortgages

AIB will not pass on ECB's 0.25pc cut to mortgage customers

AIB says its funding costs are not driven by the ECB’s own rates – and that it needs to ensure it makes money for the taxpayer.

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Dec 8th 2011, 3:07 PM

# Bank Guarantee

Europe gives green light to extending Ireland's bank guarantee

The European Commission has approved the extension of the government bank’s guarantee – for six months longer than needed.

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Dec 8th 2011, 12:07 PM

# Tommy Broughan

Labour TD votes against renewing bank guarantee scheme

Tommy Broughan has been expelled from the Labour parliamentary party after he voted against extending the controversial bank guarantee scheme.

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Dec 1st 2011, 11:57 AM

# Bank Guarantee

TDs to vote on extending bank guarantee for another year

The Government is seeking to extend the controversial measure – which it voted against extending while in Opposition.

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Dec 1st 2011, 7:30 AM

# Irish Banks

Anglo tops chart for bank spending on home repossessions

The four State-guaranteed lenders spent almost €7million on legal fees to repossess borrowers’ properties over the last two years.

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Nov 29th 2011, 7:55 AM

# Bank Guarantee

Noonan confirms plans to extend bank guarantee

Michael Noonan has accepted the advice of Patrick Honohan and proposes to extend the Eligible Liabilities Guarantee Scheme.

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Nov 16th 2011, 4:26 PM

# Banking Crisis

Dáil committee agrees to draw proposals for banking inquiry

The Public Accounts Committee is to examine whether it can hold an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the bank guarantee.

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Nov 11th 2011, 11:22 AM

# Race for the Áras

Higgins statement on Norris and bank guarantee ‘released in error’

Press release had admonished Norris on his bank guarantee bill voting record – but today, both Presidential candidates insist there is “no spat” between them and Higgins had not seen nor approved the release.

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Oct 20th 2011, 4:30 PM

# Brian Lenihan

Brian Lenihan 'did an outstanding job in extraordinarily difficult circumstances'

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has hailed the late Brian Lenihan for his actions when he was Minister for Finance.

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Oct 4th 2011, 9:39 PM

# Central Bank

Central Bank spent over €150,000 on parties as financial crisis hit

The figures show that bank officials “ran away with themselves” at a crucial time, Labour TD Kevin Humphreys said.

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Oct 1st 2011, 5:41 PM

# Bank Guarantee

Bank guarantee was ‘panic rather than a plan’, says former UK chancellor

Alistair Darling has given his own insight into the decisions taken by Brian Lenihan at the time of the bank guarantee.

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Sep 7th 2011, 8:47 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you should know this morning…

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Sep 7th 2011, 8:38 AM

# The Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Friday

In today’s fix: Private courses for secondary teachers, goat-killing bodhrán makers and the Take That invasion begins…

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Jun 17th 2011, 7:57 PM

# Bank of Ireland

UK pensioners taking BOI to court over burden-sharing plan

UK investors face losing 80 per cent of their investment under the bank’s plan – but could lose much more if they vote against the plan and it passes.

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Jun 13th 2011, 9:20 AM

# Irish Banks

€7.3bn: the cost of bailing out unguaranteed bank bondholders so far

While most of the banks’ liabilities are covered by the government guarantee, we’ve been footing the bill for other bonds.

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Jun 8th 2011, 3:13 PM

# Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland confirms plan to burn junior bondholders – and save us €2bn

The last bank outside State ownership wants to save as much as it can of the €2.6bn it owes in subordinated bonds.

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May 31st 2011, 12:26 PM

# Default Republic?

Anglo and Irish Nationwide may default if more cash needed – regulator

Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield says the defunct lenders could burn bondholders if they end up needing more capital.

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Apr 6th 2011, 2:42 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 In today’s 9 at 9: Police in Northern Ireland appeal for information about yesterday’s deadly attack on a young PSNI officer; the search resumes for two missing fishermen; and violence continues in Ivory Coast.

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Apr 3rd 2011, 9:18 AM

# Default Republic?

AIB says payment ‘will be made’ following rumours of default on bond interest repayments

AIB insisted that “payment will be made” after a rumour that Ireland has missed a scheduled interest payment on its bonds sent the price of short-term borrowing spiralling earlier today.

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Mar 22nd 2011, 5:23 PM

# Bank Bonuses

Bank of Ireland paid staff €66m in bonuses since bank guarantee: Report

A damning report commissioned by the Department of Finance has unveiled a “catalogue of errors” by the bank – and reveals that a further €21m is marked for bonus-type this year.

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Mar 4th 2011, 8:41 AM

# Bank Guarantee

Central Bank reveals full extent of banks' bond liabilities

The Central Bank decides, on a ‘once-off’ basis, to tell us that Ireland’s banks owe bondholders a total of €63.4 billion.

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Mar 2nd 2011, 3:24 PM

# Irish Banks

Ireland's banks increase reliance upon ECB funding

Central Bank figures show that Ireland’s banks are now €96bn in debt to the European Central Bank – a post-bailout peak.

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Mar 1st 2011, 9:16 AM

# Bank Guarantee

McWilliams regrets answering the door to Lenihan to discuss bank guarantee

Economist David McWilliams says if he’d known what Brian Lenihan would do with his bank guarantee idea, he would not have let him into his house that pre-guarantee scheme night in 2008.

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Feb 14th 2011, 11:49 AM