Shane Ross (Independent)

Banking has been cowboy country for ten years in this nation. The bankers were the cowboys, there was legalised looting and this is worthy of an inquiry. One of the interesting points about Professor Honohan's appearance at the committee meeting yesterday, which I attended along with Senator Coghlan, is that he was very keen to put clear water between him and what happened before. In the coded words of central bankers, it was clear that he was condemning his predecessors and politicians.