Summary

  • Design of botched scheme outlined to Renewable Heat Incentive Inquiry

  • DETI official Peter Hutchinson returns for second evidence session

  • Inquiry set up after public concern over scheme's huge projected overspend

  • Retired Court of Appeal judge Sir Patrick Coghlin chairing inquiry at Stormont

  • Public evidence sessions expected to last until well into 2018

Live Reporting

Robin Sheeran and Iain McDowell

  1. Good morning

    Ah, sure that's a morning to get the biomass boiler fired up - you'd soon be frozen out there.

    Parliament Buildings at Stormont

    The green slopes of Stormont have turned white overnight but that hasn't stopped us from making our way up the hill for this week's final session of the RHI Inquiry.

    Proceedings will be starting shortly, with civil servant Peter Hutchinson returning to the witness chair after his appearance on Tuesday.