The Banking Inquiry's due to hear from one of Brian Lenihan's closest civil servants at the time of the bank guarantee.
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Kevin Cardiff was in charge of the Department of Finance's banking unit at the time.
He claimed that foreign governments started to spread rumours of Ireland going into a bailout, long before a decision was made.
Much of Mr Cardiff's evidence has already been leaked and the Banking Inquiry's called the Gardaí to investigate how this happened.
