Socialist TD Joe Higgins to publish his own report on banking inquiry

Socialist TD Joe Higgins will publish an alternative bank inquiry report calling for “fundamental legislative change” to prevent a repeat of what happened during the property bubble when the official document is released next month.

The bank inquiry member, who confirmed on Sunday he will not sign off on the official file, made the controversial move as the inquiry faces into another three-day period which will make or break its future.

Speaking in Leinster House after publishing a letter to inquiry chair Ciaran Lynch outlining his reasons for refusing to agree to the rewritten document’s findings, Mr Higgins said he cannot comment on what recommendations have been made by the cross-party panel.