FG may have had conflict of interest

Is it any wonder Enda Kenny is so determined there should only be an Oireachtas inquiry into the banking crisis because his party must have a lot to fear if any of the light shone on the decision to offer the guarantee strayed from Fianna Fáil and extended to the elephant in the room, which is why Fine Gael agreed to support the guarantee too.

Fianna Fáil wants the public to believe it was simply a bad decision made under pressure based on false information provided to the Government by Anglo and not that Anglo got a blank cheque because of its financial support of Fianna Fáil and its representatives.

However, we also know that when the previous Government sought a consensus in the Dáil to support the guarantee it held meetings with both Fine Gael and the Labour Party, and it is reasonable that these parties requested to see the data upon which the decision to offer a guarantee was being made, so that they could decide if they would support the Government.