Taxpayer pays again

A FEW years ago Sean Quinn was Ireland’s richest man and Anglo Irish Bank its most envied financial institution. Today, Quinn is bankrupt and Anglo is a ghost bank awaiting burial.

The two played key roles in each other’s downfall and the mutual blame game is being fought in the courts where many costly rounds of battle lie ahead.

Ideally, the Irish public could watch from the sidelines, viewing the spectacle as a morality tale of greed and recklessness, but unfortunately we are centrally involved.