No way back for political and banking elite

2010 began with the country paralysed by snow and it is ending with the country again paralysed by snow.

In between it has been another incredible year for the Irish economy and Irish society in general. Unfortunately, most of the news flow was of a very negative variety.

This time last year one was tempted to believe that the events witnessed in 2009 would never be super ceded, but they have.