Banking Inquiry: One last scene for fallen stars of Celtic Tiger era

The banking inquiry was redolent with film references as two fallen stars from the Celtic Tiger’s silver screen era, Mary Harney and John Gormley, took a stroll down the political equivalent of Sunset Boulevard one last time.

Banking Inquiry: One last scene for fallen stars of Celtic Tiger era

As their regrets and reminisces intertwined, committee chairman Ciarán Lynch mused that if the crash were a movie the two pivotal scenes would be the bank guarantee night and the nationalisation of Anglo.

Unfortunately, neither witness had prominent roles in the guarantee drama because Ms Harney was not invited to the early hours decision-making meeting, while Gormley was, but decided to stay under the duvet instead.

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