Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 April 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Brian Goggin:
No, not exclusively because of Anglo. It was to avail of the opportunities that were emerging in the market. Anglo happened to have a particular business model. Anglo was a monoline. Bank of Ireland was a very different bank. The Chairman referenced earlier on that 22% or 24% of GDP was coming from construction-related activity so this was a huge piece of the economic engine in Ireland at the time so I was responding to that, not responding to Anglo Irish Bank.
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