Kenny: Governor right to air views on treaty

The Taoiseach has defended the right of the governor of the Central Bank to make his views known on the stability treaty.

Speaking in Shanakiel in Cork City where he met up with a local postman charged with distributing the Government’s leaflets on the treaty, Enda Kenny said as an Irish person and an important Irish person, Mr Honohan was entitled to make his opinion public.

In a speech to the Irish Economic Association last night, the governor said a yes vote in the May 31 referendum would be the “safer alternative” for the State’s economic future.