Kilkenomists: Put white-collar criminals behind bars and exit the failing euro

In its third year, the Kilkenny economics and comedy festival has attracted a host of dissident number-crunchers and academics to tackle the ongoing economic crisis.

White-collar criminologist, Bill Black, who has helped put about 800 high- level white criminals behind bars, was in the Set Theatre in Kilkenny yesterday to witness people cheering the announcement that Sean Quinn had been given a nine-week jail sentence for contempt of court.

“It got a cheer from the crowd. It makes me very sad that there was a cheer and it was only for nine weeks. Nine weeks is not going to deter anyone from doing anything,” he said.