The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission to Ireland says the ECB acted beyond its mandate when it pushed Ireland into a bailout.

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and the former IMF mission chief to Ireland Ajai Chopra will appear before the Banking Inquiry today.

The former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official who designed Ireland’s banking bailout is to give evidence to the banking inquiry in Dublin next week.

The former head of the IMF's Irish mission Ajai Chopra has hit out at Ireland's treatment at the hands of the European Central Bank.