So said Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan in the Dáil just four weeks ago, as he introduced legislation to bring the disgraced Anglo Irish Bank under state control.
That claim was a distant memory last week, as details emerged about how Anglo artificially inflated its customer deposit base by more than €7 billion last year with the help of Irish Life &Permanent (IL&P).
Ireland’s reputation on the international investment stage...
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