The Guarantee with director Colin Murphy

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New Irish feature film The Guarantee, which recreates the drama surrounding the Irish banking crisis in 2008.

The film’s casting has already raised some eyebrows with Irish actors taking on roles of some of the most talked-about political and financial figures in modern Irish history.

The film will tell the story of the bank guarantee given by the Irish government in 2008 to secure the domestic banking system, beginning the story four years before and charting the origin of that pivotal decision.

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In this exclusive clip from new Irish film 'The Guarantee' actor David Murray plays the late Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan as he addresses the media prior to the infamous night of the bank guarantee.

'The Guarantee' covers the events leading up to, and of that night, when the Irish government decided to guarantee the entire domestic banking system.

The decision, which was taken by a handful of men in a room in the middle of the night, had long reaching consequences - in another 30 years or so it will have cost over €60 billion, the most expensive bank rescue in history.


Video Exclusive new clip of Irish film The Guarantee - Independent.ie

 

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Thank you. I had no idea they made a movie about that event. I remember that day well.