Results 18,101-18,120 of 26,053 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was it insolvent? It had nothing to do with property?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Did it have anything to do with property advertising falling from a peak in 2007?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Murphy was group commercial manager for Thomas Crosbie Holdings from 1990 to 2002. Would The Sunday Business Posthave fallen under his remit at that time?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Was it not part of the Thomas Crosbie Holdings?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Murphy was the CEO of the Irish Examinerfrom October 2002 up to March 2013, and I presume he is now CEO of the overall group, including the Irish Examiner. Is that correct?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: What view would he have taken of the commercial operation of the Irish Examinernewspaper in terms of articles being written within the paper itself?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would there have been occasions when Mr. Murphy might have seen a certain trend arising in the newspaper, say on a particular aspect which may have affected the commercial operation or advertising, that he would consult with Mr. Vaughan?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Vaughan referred to a general consensus about how Ireland was viewed at the time in terms of the Celtic tiger. I reviewed the various articles Mr. Vaughan gave us copies of from 1999 to 2012. Many of the articles and editorials from 1999 up to mid 2007 are very cautionary in tone and refer to concern for property investors. In June 2004, it was stated that a property bubble was a...
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Why did the exception occur? It was at the height of the time when the market was crashing. The previous editorials I cited were different.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Dr. Mercille, who was here this morning, said, "my overarching point is that news organisations largely conveyed the views of political and economic elites". What is Mr. Vaughan's formal response to this? Mr. Vaughan is the longest-serving editor of a national Irish newspaper. Is that correct?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: The editorial of 7 August 2007 specifically referred to the Government of the time putting in realistic steps to assist affordability when clearly we now know, and based on the editorials the Irish Examinerhad previously printed, that everything was crashing around us at a rate of knots.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Who does Mr. Vaughan represent? What is his remit as editor of the Irish Examineraround property at that time?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Vaughan follow the readers or does he comment independently of them? Was there a herd mentality during the period whereby the newspaper media followed the fashion of the moment?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Mr. Vaughan see the Irish Examineras being different from the Dublin media?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: In what sense, regarding property?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Were there occasions on which Mr. Vaughan was running with an editorial line or allowing features to be printed that could have been perceived to be detrimental to the commercial and advertising operations of the Irish Examiner, he was contacted by the CEO, Mr. Murphy, and he pulled back?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Of any description?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Although Mr. Murphy said the group went into receivership due to other issues, was the property crash the tipping point that pushed Thomas Crosbie Holdings into receivership?
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of the advertising base.
- Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Context Phase (25 Mar 2015)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes.