Professor Patrick Honohan:

Yes, I wasn't very comfortable about that because there was a sense of "Oh now, everything's going to be all right now", and because ... and I felt, well I'm doing this for the stability of Ireland and for reassuring people in Ireland, not to appease some people around the table. There were one or two people who thought, you know, doing it for us. No, I mean that would be ridiculous, you know ... how could you have any respect for yourself, if you were doing it because there was some pressure around the table?