The banking inquiry has paid almost €400,000 to barristers and solicitors for external legal advice, and racked up large bills for catering, taxis, and expert fees.

Appearing before the banking inquiry this week, the expert who coined the term ‘zombie banks’ was full of ideas, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

A leading academic has described as astonishing the politics that led to the 2008 bank guarantee which covered the country’s six biggest financial institutions.