Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Chair talking there allowed me to catch my breath - I am after running down the street. I have been following this debate. I am not usually a member of this committee but I have an interest. This is a national story that the whole country is concerned about but also it matters in my locality because we have Lyric FM headquartered down the road from us in Limerick city. Many Clare and Limerick people who are working there feel utterly let down because the time that they were told there was no money and they would have to shut down is exactly concurrent with the time when barter accounts, bonus payments, talent payments – all of this fiasco – was going on.

My first question is for all the witnesses. What is your escape strategy? How do you get out of this? What we read overnight added volumes to the fiasco. How do you get out of this? The speculation-----