Patrick Honohan: ‘Many people thought it was too good to be true – and it was’

There were few options in 2008 'and that was fault of Dame St, not Leinster House'

Pressure mounts to extend Nama’s mandate into construction of houses

Financing for developer Michael O’Flynn should boost house building

Cliff Taylor: The Battle of Gorse Hill and the ‘bog standard’ mortgage arrears

‘The latest figures show more than 110,000 homes still behind in repayments’

Economists bring style contrasts to banking inquiry

Bacon slick as Ahearne puzzled by guarantee detail

Banking Inquiry live: Peter Bacon and Alan Ahearne appearing

Economist and Professor Alan Ahearne will be joined by Dr Peter Bacon

Heritage Council urges tax incentives to rescue historic buildings in Irish towns

Economic consultants also suggest greater share of National Lottery funds for sector

Future of forests

Government shelves plan to sell Coillte harvesting rights

Merger of Coillte and Bord na Móna now a priority

Sale of Coillte tree-harvesting rights would raise ‘a few grains of sand in a desert of debt’, committee told

Decision on proposed sale expected next week

Sale of Coillte harvesting rights will cost State dear

Forestry policy is one of the few things that are actually working here. Why change it?