Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 April 2015

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis

Nexus Phase

Mr. Brian Goggin:

Bank of Ireland, in the scenarios that were discussed and considered that night ... and considering the request that was made both of Bank of Ireland and AIB to help out Anglo Irish Bank ... and, you know, on that night it was an extremely difficult ... an extremely difficult issue confronting Government. In fact, I think they had a dreadful predicament. But, you know, in the earlier stages of that meeting, on the night of 29 September, it was made very clear to us that the Government was not minded to intervene. It looked-----