Person: Susan O Keeffe

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Banking inquiry members recommend report changes

Banking inquiry members have recommended several dozen informal changes to the group’s reworked report in a bid to prevent a potentially lengthy formal amendments process over the next 24 hours.

Wed, 02 Dec, 2015

Bank directors aimed to avert panic

Central Bank directors allowed a 2007 economic stability report warning of a crash to be written in such a way that it “didn’t cause panic” to help “engineer” the fabled soft landing.

Thu, 23 Jul, 2015

Banking Inquiry: Call to senior economist for advice confirmed

Brian Cowen called a senior economist who took part in a golf excursion with him and Anglo Irish directors for advice on the night of the bank guarantee – the only external expert who was asked for their opinion.

Thu, 09 Jul, 2015

Former department chief has earned €500k from BoI

The man who was secretary general of the Department of Finance at the height of the boom has since earned almost €500,000 from an institution saved by the controversial bank guarantee.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2015

Former governor John Hurley an ordinary cook sweltering in the kitchen

WHAT would you give a man who has been secretary general of three government departments, including the Department of Finance, a man who in local bureaucratic terms has had everything?

Mon, 25 May, 2015