Results 2,561-2,580 of 4,168 for speaker:Susan O'Keeffe
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: What ethos is laid down by the board?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: That is fine.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Ms Kennedy said that David Went asked whether she might write a piece about the banks. He was a banker as well as chair of The Irish Times. I take it that Ms Kennedy said "No" to that request.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Ms Kennedy spoke about getting telephone calls, complaints, and requests for clarifications. Did anybody else on the board of The Irish Timesask a similar question during her tenure?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Ms Kennedy said she had lots of conversations and got lots of complaints from politicians and that she would sometimes meet them at their request. Did she have any formal meeting with the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste or Government Ministers that were formally arranged on foot of a call from them to say they needed to talk about something?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: So sometimes Ms Kennedy would ask the politicians and sometimes the politicians would ask her. It was a two-way street of exchange.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: I know Ms Kennedy said she had a record of standing up for herself against politicians, but in any of those conversations, did anyone ever suggest doing something or put any pressure on to change tack?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Ms Kennedy may recall the remark made by the Taoiseach to the effect that people should take their lives if they disagreed with the status quo. Did that type of conversation ever arise between Ms Kennedy and the Taoiseach or a senior Minister?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: There was never a conversation about The Irish Timeschanging its tone to keep in line with the status quo.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: We have talked much about the amount of money paid formyhome.ie. Obviously, Ms Donovan wanted it to succeed. As she said, the newspaper had to own it and it still needs it. There was an imperative to make it succeed and ensure the property market was buoyant. With that, the newspaper was simultaneously providing a €100 million platform for advertisers in the six years in question....
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: The newspaper already paid well over the odds for the website.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Surely the newspaper did not want it to fail.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: To follow up on the conflict of interest register, at what point was that introduced and what was the implication for a presenter or journalist if he or she registered an involvement with or a stake in a company?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Okay. Did journalists at RTE declare conflicts of interest?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: To go back to my colleague's question, there are people on the record who were known to have had big-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: I can think of two but they were known to have had big property investments.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: Was that noted or known? Would RTE have perceived that to be a conflict of interest?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: In short, if a journalist was involved in any sort of property speculation, he or she was not obliged-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: How about particular-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (26 Mar 2015)
Susan O'Keeffe: How about particular journalists who had sponsorship deals with car and property companies? How did RTE account for them?