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Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Okay, so the Senator is just putting down a marker. I appreciate that. Are you concluded, Senator?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: That is noted.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I ask the Senator to be brief. She needs to allow Mr. Vaughan to respond or she will run out of time before he can do so.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I wish to deal with one matter related to the property or housing ladder at that time. Based on the testimony of other witnesses and evidence laid before the inquiry, there seems to be a general acceptance that Ireland is a house-purchasing nation. Before, during and after the crisis, we continued to be a nation in which the most desirable type of accommodation for the majority of people...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Does Mr. Vaughan think it is a valid point that there was concern between 2002 and 2007 among the young population of potential purchasers that they were getting dangerously close to not being able to afford to buy a home?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Where were they getting that concern from? Were they reading about it?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: This is a leading question. I think the Senator is asking how Mr. Vaughan arrives at an editorial position.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I said "leading".

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I do not think that Mr. McWilliams would agree with Senator D'Arcy. I think his position evolved. I think Mr. McWilliams's opinion might be different from Senator D'Arcy's reading of his opinion. I will accept the general point.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: That is a nice short answer to a long question. After Senator Sean Barrett's questions, we will move towards wrapping up.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: There is a reasonable level of recollection or recall.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I did not think I would be looking at you, either.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: In relation to Deputy McGrath's question, the inquiry's task is not just to examine the past and see where errors were made or things were not picked up or spotted. Going into the future, lessons must be learned to ensure we do not repeat these errors. Mr. Vaughan talked about better scrutiny of major opinion shapers and agencies whose reputations are renowned, such as the...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Is there anything Mr. Murphy or Mr. Vaughan would like to add before I bring the meeting to a conclusion?

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: As we move into the media module, I thank Mr. Murphy and Mr. Vaughan for their participation today. It was a very informative and valuable meeting which will assist our understanding of the factors leading to the banking crisis in Ireland. We need to go into private session but we will suspend for ten minutes and then resume. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: As we have a quorum, the committee is now in public session. Session 1 this morning is a public hearing with Mr. Michael Doorly, former financial director of Independent News and Media, and Mr. Gerry O'Regan, former editor of the Irish Independent, on the role of the media in the lead into the banking crisis in the period from 2002 to 2007. I welcome everyone to the 17th public hearing of...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you. I call Mr. Michael Doorly.

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Mr. Doorly and Mr. O'Regan for their opening statements. Before calling the questioners, I might address two issues with each of the witnesses. In his opening statement, Mr. Doorly described the link between the quality of the publication and its journalism and its ability to gain circulation and readership, with this in turn translating into the ability to attract advertising....

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I have a question for Mr. O'Regan on a similar theme. In his opening statement he said there was no conscious attempt by him, as editor, or on the part of the Irish Independentto fuel the property boom. What were the main factors at play in the newspaper? Regarding media coverage of the Irish property boom during the crisis period of 2002 to 2007, how would he describe the narrative that...

Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)

Ciarán Lynch: I think Bill Shankly once said that sport was more important than life or something like that.