Dempsey likens bankers to Cromwell

IN A rabble-rousing tee-up to the Taoiseach’s Ard Fheis address Transport Minister Noel Dempsey gave the Fianna Fáil faithful the battle cry they craved — comparing bankers and property developers to Oliver Cromwell.

To delighted supporters he said a small number of “money manipulators” had endangered Ireland’s economic survival.

“There’s no parallel in history for the damage they have done to this nation — except perhaps Cromwell.