The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry will continue the media module as part of its context hearings tomorrow, Thursday, 26th March when it will hear from Gerry O\u2019Regan, former editor of the Irish Independent; Michael Doorly, former Financial Director and now Company Secretary at Independent News & Media; Maeve Donovan, former managing director, and Geraldine Kennedy, former editor, of the Irish Times; and Ed Mulhall, former head of news and current affairs, and Paul Mulligan, Head of Commercial Operations at RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n
The schedule for the hearings in Committee Room 3, Leinster House is:<\/p>\n
Thursday 26th March 2015<\/p>\n
9.30am<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Independent News and Media 11.45am<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 The Irish Times 2.30pm<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 RT\u00c9 Chairman Ciaran Lynch TD: \u201cTomorrow we will continue our context phase hearings on the role of the media during the property boom in the lead-in to the banking crisis and any changes in approach after the crisis. We will hear from Gerry O\u2019Regan, former editor of the Irish Independent; Michael Doorly, former Financial Director and now Company Secretary at Independent News & Media; Maeve Donovan, former managing director, and Geraldine Kennedy, former editor, of the Irish Times; and Ed Mulhall, former head of news and current affairs, and Paul Mulligan, Head of Commercial Operations at RT\u00c9.<\/p>\n \u201cIn particular, we will consider the role in mainstream media for scepticism about the sustainability of the housing boom or the strength of the broader economy; potential conflicts of interest among media organisations; the promotion of property ownership over other forms of tenure; and the prevailing view that there would be a soft landing.\u201d<\/p>\n Further information on the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry proceedings can be accessed on this website.<\/p>\n Committee proceedings can also be viewed on the move, through the Houses of the Oireachtas Smartphone App, available for Apple and Android devices.<\/p>\n All media enquiries in relation to the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry should be addressed to:<\/p>\n Ciaran Brennan, P: +3531 618 3903 Committee Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n Deputies<\/em><\/p>\n Ciar\u00e1n Lynch (Chairman) Senators<\/em><\/p>\n Sean D Barrett The Oireachtas Banking Inquiry will continue the media module as part of its context hearings tomorrow, Thursday, 26th March when it will hear from Gerry O\u2019Regan, former editor of the Irish Independent; Michael Doorly, former Financial Director and now Company Secretary at Independent News & Media; Maeve Donovan, former managing director, and Geraldine Kennedy, former… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3932,"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3930\/revisions\/3932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inquiries.oireachtas.ie\/banking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGerry O\u2019Regan, former Editor of Irish Independent
\nMichael Doorly, former Financial Director and now Company Secretary at Independent News & Media<\/p>\n
\nMaeve Donovan , former Managing Director,
\nGeraldine Kennedy, former Editor<\/p>\n
\nEd Mulhall, former Head of News and Current Affairs
\nPaul Mulligan, Head of Commercial Operations at RT\u00c9<\/p>\n
\nHouses of the Oireachtas,
\nCommunications Unit,
\nLeinster House,
\nDublin 2<\/p>\n
\nM: 086-0496518
\nF: +3531 618 4551<\/p>\n
\nPearse Doherty
\nJoe Higgins
\nMichael McGrath
\nEoghan Murphy
\nKieran O\u2019Donnell
\nJohn Paul Phelan<\/p>\n
\nMichael D\u2019Arcy
\nMarc MacSharry
\nSusan O\u2019Keeffe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"