The banking inquiry report has been described as "worse than useless" by a US expert who also said it gets "all the key things wrong".

The Banking Inquiry report will be debated in the Dáil today.

Ireland went over the fiscal cliff in 2005 as a direct result of poor political policies and reckless bank lending, but did not realise the situation until 2008 — when it was no longer a case of whether there would be a crash but how bad it would be.

You may remember the agony of Ronan O’Gara’s last-minute penalty miss in the 2000 Heineken Cup final.

Future Oireachtas inquiries must be given at least two years to complete a probe and not be inhibited by the dissolution of the Dáil, the banking inquiry has recommended.

What the banking inquiry really exposed was that there was no ‘gotcha’ moment, just a long period of bad politics, negligible regulation, and reckless trading, writes Michael Clifford

IF the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry proves anything it proves that we need another referendum.

Banks became over reliant on the wholesale markets in borrowing short term to lend long term, the Banking Inquiry found.

Regrets, we had a few. The Banking Inquiry threw up some apologies and the odd sorry too.

The Banking Inquiry exposed the best and the worst of what public life has to offer.

Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has said there are fundamental failures in the final report of the Banking Inquiry.

The long-awaited Banking Inquiry report into what caused the economic crash has blamed the State's financial watchdogs for failing to stop the crisis - despite having the powers to do so.

The "cabal" of senior politicians, bankers, bondholders and developers in place during the economic crash should have been jailed despite the fact "99.9%" of what they did was legal, an ousted ex-bank inquiry member has claimed.

The banking inquiry's final report will be published later - with criticism for the European Central Bank for saddling the Irish people with huge levels of debt on two occasions.

The cross-party bank inquiry is on course for a legal showdown with multi-millionaire developer Johnny Ronan after refusing his request to change its report over claims it is biased against him.

The Banking Inquiry has made a number of minor changes to its final report.

The Banking Inquiry is to hold an emergency meeting today - amid threats of legal action which would force it to collapse.

The final report of the Banking Inquiry could be published at the end of this month.

The €5m Oireachtas Banking Inquiry has signed off on its final report clearing the way for a general election in the last week of February.

Members of the Banking Inquiry are meeting again today to review the responses to the draft report.

The Banking Inquiry's patched-together report has overcome one of its most important hurdles, after the crisis-hit investigation's legal team said the document meets the requirements for it to be published.

Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty has described as "nonsense" claims that he is seeking political advantage by refusing to put his name to the Banking Inquiry report.

Joe Higgins has said the current laws on Oireachtas inquiries are not fit for purpose, and should never be used again.

The agreed draft of the Banking Inquiry Committee's report recommends that the State launches legal action against the ECB over its stance on burning bondholders.

The Banking Inquiry Committee have agreed on a draft report.

The Oireachtas banking inquiry is to recommend that the Government takes legal action against the European Central Bank (ECB), over its refusal to allow Ireland burn bondholders in 2010 and 2011, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

The Banking Inquiry Committee has agreed on a draft report after considering ammendments in a meeting today.

Two members of the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry have now said they cannot support its final report.

The embattled Oireachtas Banking Inquiry has suffered a major blow as Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Pearse Doherty TD has confirmed this afternoon that he willnot sign off on the Banking Inquiry report.

The bank inquiry is likely to have to meet for a third day in a row tomorrow in a bid to ensure it meets strict deadlines to finish its crisis-hit report into the economic crisis.

The bank inquiry is today in an increasingly difficult race against time to ensure its report is published after it failed to agree amendments to key chapters despite an 11-hour meeting on Friday.

Members of the Banking Inquiry will meet again at 9am this morning as they try to produce a final report.

The bank inquiry is facing another make-or-break weekend.

The banking inquiry is on a knife-edge as it meets today to sign-off on at least 60 findings and an executive summary as time runs out on its bid to meet strict deadlines.

It is understood the latest draft of the Banking Inquiry report does not contain any recommendations at all.