Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

On 30 September the Labour Party stood alone and opposed the blanket guarantee the Government proposed for the banks. We did so because we believed we were not being told the full story and that the taxpayer was not being told what was involved with that guarantee. It turns out we did not know the half of it. It turns out on that very day, Irish Life & Permanent was shuffling €4 billion by way of a loan——

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