Ross: Bank inquiry will be show trial

The Oireachtas banking inquiry will "inevitably descend into a show trial", Shane Ross has warned.

The high-profile commentator on the financial crisis said he did not want to take part in the probe as it was the wrong format and he had been “extremely judgemental” about bankers involved in the collapse.

He accused the Government of teeing-up the probe as a general election prop in order to discredit Fianna Fáil. Mr Ross said he did not want to take part in a “show trial”.