Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 May 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Patrick Neary:

Well, it seems to me that there were characteristics in the Irish economy at that time that weren't present at the same extent in other European jurisdictions. And I think we outlined some of those, where there was incredible demand in the economy, there was a growth, there was a lot of household formation, there seemed to be great appetite for property and it could be funded easily in a very low-cost and very liquid international market for funds.

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