Search for "we are where we are" speaker:Michael D Higgins (KildareStreet.com)

Finance Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 May 2009): Michael D Higgins: ...other words, contrary to the notion that we all had it so good until somehow it all fell apart, a small number were doing very well. Let us have some real, honest facts about what happened and why we are where we are. I have listened for weeks to people saying Anglo Irish Bank was of systemic importance to the Irish banking sector, this bank with few retail outlets, 50 of whose customers...

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