Denis O’Brien may be asked to attend banking inquiry

The Oireachtas probe into the banking collapse is to consider asking tycoon Denis O’Brien to give evidence before it.

Michael McGrath, the Fianna Fáil finance spokesman, has written to fellow committee members suggesting they ask the billionaire to attend their hearings.

He said the businessman’s experience as a major borrower from Irish banks with strong views about how the system operates would be able to give “valuable evidence” to the inquiry.