The Dáil’s public accounts committee has been told it is expected to sign off on its controversial Project Eagle report today, despite an ongoing battle over references to Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

The final report into the multibillion-euro Project Eagle scandal is set to be published within two weeks and will include damning findings against Finance Minister Michael Noonan.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has been accused of attempting to “influence or muzzle” a Public Accounts Committee investigation into the Project Eagle controversy after demanding negative findings against him are removed.

The Public Accounts Committee’s report in Project Eagle has found it was not appropriate to give preferential treatment to any organisations engaged in the final stages of a bidding process for the purchase of assets owned by the State, or involved in a tendering process under public procurement.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan’s meeting with US firm Cerberus just days before the Project Eagle Nama deal was “not appropriate” and implied “special treatment” was being given at the taxpayers’ expense.

The Public Accounts Committee’s report in Project Eagle has found it was not appropriate to give preferential treatment to any organisations engaged in the final stages of a bidding process for the purchase of assets owned by the State, or involved in a tendering process under public procurement.

We may need an inquiry into Nama’s Project Eagle sales in the North, but why is the State run in a manner that necessitates inquiries to get at the truth, asks Michael Clifford.

The Government has been accused of using a powerful Dáil committee as “patsies” after it emerged that two back-room staff working on the committee’s Project Eagle report were secretly taken off the project, causing a two-month delay in its work.

Government has been accused of using a powerful Dáil committees as "patsies" after it emerged two back-room staff working on the cross-party group's Project Eagle report were secretly taken off the project, causing a two month delay in its work,

Former Northern Ireland first minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson and two witnesses vital to an investigation into the controversial Project Eagle deal have formally refused to face public questioning.

The Public Accounts Committee will hear from Nama CEO Brendan McDonagh and chairman Frank Daly today on the sale of Project Eagle.

A former Nama board member has described the controversial Project Eagle deal which allegedly saw taxpayers lose out on €200m as a "superb" and "inspired" transaction.

TDs are calling on NAMA to return before the Public Accounts Committee, after its evidence was contradicted by a major bidder for its loans.

A major investment fund says NAMA still wanted to sell it its Northern loans, even after finding out about a controverisal fixer's fee for a former advisor.

Advisors to Nama on the sale of its Northern Ireland loan portfolio are requesting that its advice is not published by the Public Accounts Committee.

Forget diamonds or dogs. When it comes to politics, semantics are a person’s best friend.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has denied “directing” Nama to quickly sell-off its Project Eagle loans in a move which allegedly lost the State €220m, despite admitting to seeking and giving “advice” on the highly controversial deal.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan will issue a staunch defence of any actions he took relating to the controversial Project Eagle deal when he attends a cross-party grilling today.

The articulate Waterford Fine Gael TD has long clashed with his boss, and Nama’s Northern Ireland loan portfolio is just the latest flashpoint, writes Daniel McConnell.

Nama chose not to “terminate” Frank Cushnahan’s role with the group when serious conflict of interest allegations surrounding Project Eagle first emerged because to do so would have damaged a recession-hit Ireland’s reputation even further.

NAMA has been accused of trying to brief members of the Public Accounts Committee about Project Eagle.

The State’s financial watchdog will stand over his investigation into Nama’s highly criticised €1.3bn Project Eagle today and defend the expertise used to probe the agency’s actions.

The Labour leader says a "normal inquiry" into NAMA's Project Eagle will not work.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has tonight bowed to pressure and will now appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over Nama's controversial sale of its Northern Ireland loan book.

Sinn Féin has said Michael Noonan's position will become untenable if he refuses to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

“Those Northerners eh? You just couldn’t be up to them” — that seems to be, at least part of, the rationale presented as to why Nama decided to dispose of its Northern Ireland loan book when it did.

Fine Gael ministers initially resisted committing to the idea of an investigation into Nama’s Project Eagle during this week’s Cabinet meeting, the Irish Examiner has learnt.

Political parties have agreed the need for a statutory inquiry to be set up into Nama and Project Eagle but disagree on whether other deals should be probed.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan faces questions about why he let a firesale of Nama’s £1.6bn Northern loans proceed and did not stop it after the emergency of success fee payments in bids.

Political reporter Fiachra Ó'Cionnaith breaksdown the 'Project Eagle' report and gives us an insight into what is to come.