Honohan to go before committee over Anglo notes

Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan is to be forced before the Dáil finance committee to answer questions on the Anglo promissory note controversy following a humiliating defeat for the Government.

Farcical scenes in the Dáil capped 48 hours of embarrassment for Enda Kenny over the €3.1bn Anglo payback due within days.

The committee, meeting in private, was discussing inviting the governor to attend but did not agree a date when that should happen. Fine Gael backbencher Peter Mathews then insisted Mr Honohan should be instructed to attend the committee by Friday week and proposed a motion stating that.