Either women’s jobs are up for grabs or they’re not, Enda

It was dismissed by the Taoiseach as a “phantom debate”.

However, the only illusion was the one created by his Government when it tried to absolve itself of the very policy it created.

For four days, the Coalition has been running from the ghost of its own decision: That banks will be allowed to make a person give up their job if they enter talks on a mortgage writedown.