Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis
Nexus Phase
Mr. Derek Quinlan:
Well, following Lehmans, the banking system here collapsed and Bank of Ireland, sorry, the share price in Bank of Ireland in the beginning of September 2008, Mr. Chairman was six, approximately €6 and by Christmas it was 10 cent. Nobody would have forecast that. And so the banks here seized up and if the banks seize up, there's no ... there's no business.
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