Scars of global financial crash clearly visible in Reykjavik

Peter O’Dwyer visits Iceland eight years after the global financial system crashed. Despite taking a very different path to Ireland, the scars of the catastrophe are still all too evident there as they are here

EIGHT years ago when the global financial system crashed, Ireland found itself caught in the eye of a violent storm that battered its citizens and institutions alike and left a lasting legacy of hurt that endures today.

A few hundred kilometres north a similar story was unfolding in Iceland.