Inquiry chief is ‘a grafter in the style of Roy Keane’

Ciarán Lynch will have to manage the banking inquiry’s 11-member team carefully to avoid rows, walk-outs and possible legal challenges

Ciaran Lynch says he is a great believer in the motto of ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail’ Picture: Lensmen
Michael Noonan with Jean-Claude Trichet

Banking inquiry chairman Ciarán Lynch has described himself as a grafter from the “Roy Keane” school of politics. He and his fellow members have been engaged in intensive work for the past six months to get the long-awaited inquiry off the ground. Two Dáil and Seanad committees brought in their own legal ...