Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Mr. Cowen, for your opening address this morning. Before I invite the lead questioners in, there's just one or two matters I would like to touch upon with you. One relates to an article in this morning's The Irish Timesby Sarah Bardon that relates to the Department of Finance discussing methods of addressing financial difficulties of Anglo Irish Bank on the same day in September 2008 that the then Minister for Finance, yourself ,Mr. Cowen, met Anglo officials at a social function. Are you aware of the article and would you care to comment upon it to the inquiry this morning?