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Dáil and Seanad pass emergency legislation liquidating the IBRC

Conor McMorrow reports from outside Leinster House, where politicians briefed the media about what they were due to vote on. With clips from Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Taoiseach Enda Kenny

What does the deal mean for Ireland?

Sean Whelan, Economics Correspondent, and Paul Cunningham, Europe Correspondent, analyse the move which the Government hopes will lead to relief on Ireland's bank debt

Fianna Fáil urges IBRC liquidator to immediately re-employ IBRC staff

Sean Fleming, Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, says staff at IBRC should remain in place until the liquidation process is complete

What impact will the IBRC liquidation have on Ireland's debt?

Stephen Kinsella, Lecturer in Economics at the University of Limerick, and Donal Donovan, former Deputy Director of the IMF, assess what Ireland might expect from the ECB following last night's move

Opposition unhappy at lack of time to debate bill

Ailbhe Conneely reports from the Dáil where TDs passed the emergency legislation overnight

Government had to act quickly after news leak

Brian Hayes, Minister of State at the Department of Finance, defends the decision by the Government to push the bill through following yesterday's Reuters report that the former Anglo Irish Bank was to be liquidated

ECB has yet to approve deal over IBRC liquidation

Karl Whelan, Professor of Economics at University College Dublin, says the ECB is a highly legalistic body and could yet object to the deal

Open questions remain over ECB's response

Michael Steen, Financial Times' Frankfurt Bureau Chief, says there is goodwill towards Ireland but the ECB will look at the deal dispassionately

Bleak outlook for IBRC staff

Larry Broderick, Irish Banking Officials Assocation, says contract law and labour agreements have been set aside and the staff have been treated without respect

Sinn Féin criticises failure of Govt to ask for debt write-down

Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance, says the IBRC liquidation is meaningless to people suffering the effects of austerity

Deal makes no sense without reciprocal move from ECB

David McCullagh, Political Correspondent, and David Murphy, Business Editor, discuss the fallout from last night's action

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