''The Guarantee'' is a 2014 Irish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

written by Colin Murphy, and starring David Murray,

Gary Lydon Gary Lydon is a British-Irish stage and screen actor from Northolt in England. He is known for playing the Garda Peadar Kearney in '' The Banshees of Inisherin''. Lydon played Patrick Murray, the counsellor on RTÉ One's '' The Clinic'', from 2 ...

, Orla Fitzgerald, Morgan C. Jones and

Peter Coonan Peter Coonan (born 1984) is an Irish actor, notable for his roles in '' King of the Travellers'' (2012), and '' Love/Hate'' (2011–2014), for which he won Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awa ...

. Directed by Ian Power, and based on Murphy's play of the same title, the film explores the events leading up to the

Irish banking crisis The post-2008 Irish banking crisis was when a number of Irish financial institutions faced almost imminent collapse due to insolvency during the Great Recession. In response, the Irish government instigated a €64 billion bank bailout. This the ...

, the title referring to a meeting of high-level officials that was held on 29 September 2008 and resulted in the

Irish Government The Government of Ireland () is the executive authority of Ireland, headed by the , the head of government. The government – also known as the cabinet – is composed of ministers, each of whom must be a member of the , which consists of ...

taking the decision to guarantee Ireland's entire domestic banking system. The film was produced by John Kelleher Media in association with the

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, the

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and the commercial television channel

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. A trailer for the film was released on 14 October 2014, and it debuted in Irish cinemas on 30 October. ''The Guarantee'' received its world television premiere on Ireland's TV3 at 9.00 p.m. on 8 January 2015.

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* 2014 films Brian Cowen Cultural depictions of Taoisigh Films set in the Great Recession Irish drama films Post-2008 Irish economic downturn 2014 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s Irish films English-language drama films {{Ireland-film-stub