You’re our last hope, Dominique – just let us know what you want

Your commentary on our banks is terrifying. We were aware we had toxic loans of up to €90bn, but not that the crystallised losses would be €35bn net. This hit equates to 20% of our economic annual output. Your proposals to restructure the banks are profoundly significant

Open letter to Dominique Strauss-Kahn Managing Director International Monetary Fund700 19th Street NW Washington DC 20431

Dear Dominique, we have received your report on Ireland, further to your team’s visit in April. We hope the delayed publication wasn’t due to domestic tweaking of the text.