McWilliams rocks up to banking inquiry

Rock ‘n’ roll arrived at the Oireachtas banking inquiry yesterday. It came in the form of David McWilliams: He Who Foretold The Crash.

McWilliams was there to tell the inquiring politicians where it all went wrong. He is known as a pop economist, but the term doesn’t do him justice. This guy is pure rock ‘n’ roll.

Various myths have grown up around Macker, a bit like those that feed the legendary pursuits of Led Zeppelin on their wild tours of the 1970s. Once upon a time, he was mistakenly credited with inventing the phrase “Celtic Tiger”.