We do have reason to be a little optimistic

IT’S fair to say that the economic forum held in Dublin last weekend delivered a strong positive message to a nation that has become totally obsessed with the banking crisis.

Essentially the 180 business people with Irish roots who attended from around the world not just the US, or Britain, had much to say that was positive.

It was amazing how matter of fact visitors from the US were about our banking crisis. They saw it as a problem to be dealt with and not a crisis that is about to rob ordinary people of their futures.