Lenihan urged to tackle ‘bank bandits’

FINANCE Minister Brian Lenihan was called upon last night to “stop hiding behind the lawyers” and bring to account those responsible for the banking crisis.

Labour deputy leader Joan Burton said public patience was wearing thin with the Government’s failure to deal with “bank bandits”.

Ms Burton said it was more than a year since the Government announced a guarantee scheme to rescue the banks and more than nine months since evidence emerged of serious irregularities at Anglo Irish Bank.