While I have only been loosely following financial markets over the last three weeks — after all, in the short-term it is all just noise — my three weeks in Colombia have provided me with new perspectives and insights that I look forward to sharing in the coming weeks.

THE recent decision by the Colombian courts to overturn the acquittal verdict of the Colombia Three has once again brought to the fore certain worrying tendencies in Ireland.

The Colombia Three have been freed after spending 34 months behind bars after being arrested on suspicion of training FARC rebels.