Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s move to force a Government majority onto the banking inquiry was compared to what happened in Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia by opposition senators.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s bid to snatch back a majority on the Oireachtas inquiry into the banking collapse has been thrown into fresh turmoil.

The launch of the long awaited Oireachtas inquiry into the banking collapse has been postponed until next month.

SWEEPING reform of the defamation laws sparked a row over press freedom in the Seanad yesterday.