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

Ciarán Lynch: I must interject. The question was asked, but I must summarise, as we have to move on because we are way over time. There were standalone articles about what was happening in different sections of the property market. The question is whether there was a targeted investigation programme by the INM group of newspapers in regard to what was considered to be excessive overpricing of property...

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

Ciarán Lynch: I apologise for interrupting but there is interference on the sound feed from a mobile phone. I do not know from where it is coming. Will members and witnesses check their phones and ensure they are either in airplane mode or switched off? If they are left on, they interfere with the sound.

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

Ciarán Lynch: The Deputy should ask a question.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Does Mr. O'Regan concur with the general sentiment expressed in a newspaper with which he is associated?

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

Ciarán Lynch: As I am moving towards the conclusion, I invite Senator O'Keeffe to ask a final question, with a supplementary question, followed by Deputy Michael McGrath.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Yes, indeed.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Can the Senator put her question as I want to move on?

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

Ciarán Lynch: We will hear about the ethos of the company and then I will move on.

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

Ciarán Lynch: I call Deputy Michael McGrath.

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

Ciarán Lynch: To conclude, I invite Mr. Doorly and Mr. O'Regan to make any final comments if they wish to do so. Moving on from Deputy McGrath's comments, part of the role and work of the inquiry is not just to look to the past but also to look to the future to ensure that the type of crisis that was visited upon the Irish nation is not revisited upon us again. Not so much in terms of regrets but are...

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

Ciarán Lynch: Is there anything Mr. Doorly would like to add?

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

Ciarán Lynch: With that said, I would like to thank both Mr. O'Regan and Mr. Doorly for their contributions and participation, in an informative and valuable way, in the committee of inquiry, which has added to the meeting today and to our understanding of factors leading to the banking crisis and crisis period. I excuse the witnesses. I propose that we suspend the sitting until just after noon. Is...

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

Ciarán Lynch: In session 2 the committee of inquiry into the banking crisis will have a discussion with Ms Maeve Donovan, former managing director, and Ms Geraldine Kennedy, former editor of The Irish Times, on the role of the media during the property boom in the lead-in to the banking crisis in the period 2002 to 2007. In our session this morning we focused on the role of the media during the property...

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

Ciarán Lynch: I thank Ms Kennedy. I call Ms Maeve Donovan to make her opening statement.

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

Ciarán Lynch: Thank you very much, Ms Donovan. Just before I bring in the lead questioners, I wish to deal with a couple of matters, including the last subject Ms Donovan dealt with. She said that myhome.iebecame available in 2006, but when was it actually purchased?

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

Ciarán Lynch: When in 2007 was that completed?

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

Ciarán Lynch: Just generally, was it in quarter one or quarter two?

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

Ciarán Lynch: Okay.

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

Ciarán Lynch: In 2006?

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

Ciarán Lynch: My own research seems to indicate 2007. How much was paid for it?