Another day, another bank sector scandal

If banks and bankers do not learn, we have no choice but to make them, writes Paul Mills.

The arrest of the anti-water charges folk, including Socialist Party TD Paul Murphy and two other elected representatives, could not have come at a worse possible time. That it took six gardaí to go to his house at seven in the morning beggars belief.

That this show of force took place the day we got to hear of another alleged tax avoidance and evasion scam by HSBC Bank helps to support the protesters’ position for the reason behind the hated water charges.