IMF and OECD latest to snub banking probe

The banking inquiry has been dealt another blow after another two key international bodies involved in assessing Ireland’s economy refused to turn up for public hearings.

The IMF and the OECD are the latest organisations to shun the inquiry after the European Central Bank recently said it would not be quizzed by TDs in Leinster House.

However banking inquiry chairman Ciarán Lynch yesterday said that he will meet Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan about how the ECB can co-operate with the probe outside hearings.