Anti-bias tests for bank probe members

Banking inquiry members look set to undergo immediate anti-bias tests in order to make them "bullet proof" to allegations of prejudice aimed at delaying the probe.

Chairperson of the long awaited investigation into the causes and handling of the financial collapse, Ciarán Lynch, has welcomed the move as the inquiry finally begins to get under way.

As things stand, the 11 members of the Oireachtas banking committee charged with conducting the probe would only under go a bias investigation if a complaint of prejudice was made against them.