IT’S a load of “hype and spin” according to Fianna Fáil, but the Government claims it is a “covenant with the Irish people”. Here is the report card for the first 100 days in office.

A NEGLECTED facet of the Nyberg report has been the part played by the Irish media in inflating the bubble economy.

CALLS for an investigation into the European Central Bank’s alleged role in helping fuel Ireland’s banking crisis with cheap credit have been rejected by sources close to the bank.

THE economic and financial travails of Portugal and Greece are becoming more apparent by the day, while the bad debt performance of the Spanish banks continues to deteriorate.

The public interest directors at AIB who approved the €3m golden handshake to former boss Colm Doherty have been branded "dummies" this evening.

A report that recommends the sell-off up to €5bn of State assets will be published today.

MANAGERS at banks who were known for strict credit and risk management were replaced.

LARGE losses were realised at Irish banks when the crisis hit because they were trying to match the profitability of Anglo Irish Bank.

MANY failings in Irish banks, such as lax lending policies, were similar to those abroad, but there was “greater abandon” in funding the property market here, according to the Nyberg report.

THE country will go to the polls later this year in a referendum to give the Oireachtas powers to bring key players in the banking crisis before a committee of investigation.