Examiner editor: We faced a formidable consensus

Newspapers and other media outlets were unable to fully forewarn of the economic crash before 2008 because State and international agencies were insistent there was nothing wrong.

Irish Examiner editor Tim Vaughan outlined the difficult situation which faced the industry during the Celtic Tiger at the latest meeting of the Oireachtas banking inquiry.

Speaking during a two-hour meeting with the cross-party group, Mr Vaughan said his newspaper never allowed itself to become vulnerable to property market interests.