(02.09.) Responding to reports in The Irish Times on three letters between former president of the ECB Jean-Claude Trichet and the late Brian Lenihan in the run-up to the bailout in November 2010, Michael McGrath TD said the “disturbing” information paints a picture of relentless pressure” on the then government to enter a formal programme “in the false belief that it would prevent contagion throughout the rest of Europe”.