Trichet to co-operate with bank probe

The former head of the ECB has indicated he will co-operate with the banking inquiry but stopped short of committing to attend the probe’s hearings in Leinster House.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Oireachtas inquiry, by letter, that former ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet had confirmed his availability to give information to the committee’s investigations indirectly.

Mr Kenny said Mr Trichet had stated that he was prevented, for legal reasons, from going before a national parliament inquiry.