Results 18,061-18,080 of 26,053 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: I do not want to mention Michael Taft. He would have a particular point of view.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Michael Taft.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: With due respect to Dr. Mercille, in his article he speaks about progressive viewpoints.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: One man's progressive viewpoint might be another man's regressive viewpoint.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Mercille's viewpoint is subjective as well.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: What would there be instead, in Dr. Mercille's view?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: In Dr. Mercille's view, if the media had told the truth, would the property bubble have arisen at all?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: So Dr. Mercille would put the media very much centre stage in terms of being-----
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is so obvious, Chairman, that I have to ask it.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: In Dr. Mercille's view, could one make the point that the media were a contributing factor in the property bubble, or not?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: It played a role.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Mercille made a very interesting observation that in 2006 - ironically, when the property market was in decline and the crash had more or less happened - both INM and The Irish Timesbought property websites. Did Dr. Mercille do any study examining how a situation had arisen whereby two large media publications had purchased property websites when effectively the market had reached its...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did the purchase of those two websites manifest itself in any way in the media coverage of the property sector provided by both of those organisations from 2006 on?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: How much time do I have left, Chairman?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Mercille referenced an article in The Economistin 2002, which was followed up in 2003, which said that the Irish market had been displaying bubble-like symptoms in recent years. It calculated that Ireland's property market was overvalued by 42% relative to the average of the previous three years. There were also warnings from some Irish contrarian economists.Around that time The...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is Dr. Mercille saying it was a case of "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil," like the three monkeys?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Dr. Mercille believe the Irish media did not do its job?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Dr. Mercille believe, on the basis of his studies, that media outlets were aware that there was a problem with property? Was it a sin of omission? Did they simply fail to report on it?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Thank you, Chairman.