Banking Inquiry: 13 senior bankers must appear at inquiry

More than a dozen of Ireland’s most senior bankers during the boom and bust era — including one of the pioneers of 100% mortgages in this country — have been legally ordered to attend banking inquiry grillings from April.

The 13 individuals were told last night they will be the first witnesses compelled to turn up at the cross-party Oireachtas committee as part of the vital “nexus” stage of its investigation into what caused the economic crash.

The senior officials include: five top bosses from Bank of Ireland in charge before and after the September 2008 crisis; four from AIB; two from Nama; and two from Ulster Bank.