Have lessons been learned 10 years on from the Bank Guarantee? Sinn Fein says No



Sinn Féin says some of the lessons from the Bank Guarantee still haven’t been learned.

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the decision by the Fianna Fáil-led government to under-write loans and deposits in six main banks including Anglo Irish.

The decision ended up costing the state 64 billion euro.

Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty says the current government is at risk of repeating some of the mistakes of that era:



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