McDowell: All parties to blame for crash

Former tánaiste Michael McDowell has revealed he wishes he could have shouted “stop” when he was in power during the height of the Celtic Tiger.

But the ex-PD leader, who lost his seat in 2007, said he did not foresee the looming economic crash when he was running the country.

The former attorney general, who was one of the chief government players during the boom, said all the political parties in the country hold collective responsibility for the current financial hardship.