We have prioritised bankers over the needs of vulnerable children

At the height of the boom, we were being told through the media that stress was normal in the Western world and to get on with it.

Which PR outfit coined this baloney? People were rousing small children from their sleep for long days at a crèche before they made arduous daily work commutes.

Quite a few of those commuters, in common with huge numbers of people in the Republic, had new and sizeable mortgages.