Bank collapse investigators will be first before inquiry

The long-awaited banking inquiry will begin its hearings before Christmas with testimonies from authors who have previously investigated Ireland’s banking sector collapse.

TDs and senators on the Oireachtas committee looking at the financial crash yesterday agreed the initial witness list and gave the go-ahead for the first hearings.

The inquiry will open in Leinster House on December 17 and first hear from Finnish academic and finance expert, Peter Nyberg, who wrote the report of the Commission of Investigation into the Banking Sector.