Mr. Brian Goggin:

When I returned from Dame Street - I mentioned in my evidence earlier on that I had a meeting in Dame Street with Central Bank - I got back to my office around 12.30, the governor of the bank, Richard Burrows, came into me and said that there was a request in from the chairman of Anglo Irish Bank for an urgent meeting. He was not aware of what the meeting was for but I guess given the turmoil that was prevailing, it was in all reasonableness to do with that. We agreed to the meeting as a matter of courtesy and we set the meeting for 2.30 p.m. that afternoon on 29 September. Both the chairman and the chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank came to Bank of Ireland, Baggot Street, for that meeting. They indicated to us or mentioned to us that they had a liability maturing the following day, i.e. the 30th, in the amount of, I think it was €1.5 billion, it could have been €2 billion. It was of that magnitude, I can't remember precisely and that they would be unable to honour the commitment. They then asked for Bank of Ireland to acquire Anglo Irish Bank.