it's the legacy of the fianna fail party. we are we are now going to be faced with, whatever government is elected friday, will be left to deal with this situation here. the -- >> at the moment, the nightmare that is our banking system and currently out $ -- 145 billion to our own central bank, how are we going to pay that back? stick with that, please. don't go to the garnee. >> i'm sorry but the fundamental mission of the banking system is to get the two back, a.i.b. and bank of ireland, for the 1.3 million working and the small business people. that's the only agenda and motivation behind the government and behind our banking policy, ok? now, we have to work with european central bank and the european commission in terms of getting the banks right. that does mean bringing confidence back into the banks and the stress test spoken about earlier is underway of the we've had a number of stress tests already by the regulator and the central bank. the key is to restore order into the banks. there will have to be recapitalizeatio

it is not fianna fail's way. it is a facility for us to borrow money to pay our public servants, our teachers, are nervous, our doctors. that is the most important part of it. it remains to recapitalize the banks to make sure the economy work. what is happening at european levels, the heads of state are discussing the enlargement of the fund, and potential changes to the interest rate. not for ireland but for every country. that is that the actual position. notwithstanding that, that is not the biggest problem we face. there is an attempt to camouflage the wider issue of the public finances and the need to restore that. there is a connection between the two. it does not take away from the enormous challenge that we had in public finances. " we need is intelligent diplomacy. work with the other heads of states and governments in terms of enhancing and improving the broader framework that they have created to deal with the issues facing the eurocurrency. you're wrong. that is the dishonesty of the debate. that was

the people to whom i am speaking this evening, they are fed up with the dishonesty of fianna fail. green shoots. here we are saddled with $100 billion in debt. it is an obscenity that this government's -- the irish taxpayer -- >> you supported -- >> let me finish. >> let him finish. >> fianna fail supported -- we wanted it working banking system which is so important. >> are you going to end -- do you want to burden share. if this no, will you do -- what will you do? >> if the indebtedness is more than we have been led to believe, then from the fine gael perspective, we would not be putting money into banks unless there is sharing with bond holders. it is an obscenity to the irish taxpayer should have been forced by this government to spend -- >> in terms of banking policies, there will be no change. there will be no change. he has signed off for the fundamentals of a banking policy. >> objection. >> he did support the bank guarantee. >> eamon gilmore, on the bondholders -- >> labour party opposed that. that has resulted in the misfortunes of the banks being tied to the hip of the

some suggested that fianna fail would lose half a parliament. the british designer was arrested in paris. they allegedly threw antisymmetric insults' at two diners. he has denied he is anti- semitic. the former minister of hong kong will take on the job of the bbc trust. they will be on the sports committee next month before his appointment is confirmed. this is bbc news. colonel gaddafi has told a crowd of supporters in shipley to arm themselves as violence erupted once again in the city. the united states has imposed financial sanctions on libya of the un security council considers other measures. the british prime minister, david cameron, has done everything possible to get remaining britons out of libya safely. they are expected to have 200 evacuees on board from 50 different countries and atlanta in malta. >> you may be able to hear the engines are rolling in the background. in the last few minutes, they have shown up at the docks. you may hear that as well. after more than 30 hours shutting off the eastern capital of benghazi, going 300 mi

the outgoing prime minister, brian cowen, recently resigned as fianna fail.ill bring you to coverage of their final debate, expected to last about nine minutes. live coverage here on c-span. >> we are standing by to take you to the ira's leaders debate, coming up momentarily, courtesy rte. by rich elections of this friday. we mentioned that brian cowen has recently resigned as leader of fianna fail. the currently fianna fail your of, michael martin, and the labor party leader, eamon gilmore, will debate. the party, fianna fail, is reported to be doing poorly in the polls because of the economic condition in ireland. you may recall that they received a financial rescue package. earlier this year. >> again, we're waiting to take you live to the ira's leaders debate. coming up momentarily, curtis e. ofrte here on -- curtis of rte to run -- courtesy of rte here on c-span. later tonight we will be taking of the wisconsin where the governor is holding what he is calling it fireside chat to talk about the state's budget. >> and a reminder, later this evening we are