Noonan warns banks to keep recordings as Anglo tapes probe gets under way

An independent investigation into the leaking of the Anglo tapes has been ordered and other banks have been warned their taped phone conversations must be kept for a banking inquiry.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan said yesterday that the liquidator for IBRC, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, had contacted gardaí and the Data Protection Commissioner over the tapes.

Bank of Ireland and AIB have also been warned by the Government to retain any internal taped phone conversations for evidence in a planned banking inquiry.