REMEMBER the blockbuster Rich Man, Poor Man? This spectacularly successful televised drama series in 1976 was based on the tale of the Jordache brothers, Rudy and Tom.

RECENT public debate about the banking inquiry has failed to highlight the role of property developers as culprits. The explosion of bank credit from 2002 to 2008 and laxity failure by our regulators have been well documented.

The sixth count has yielded a final declaration of the five seats that will be filled for the next Dail, and contrary to the pundits, it’s Fine Gael who lost out to Tom Parlon and not Fianna Fail as was widely predicted.