Banking inquiry report: Another in a long list of missed opportunities

You may remember the agony of Ronan O’Gara’s last-minute penalty miss in the 2000 Heineken Cup final.

Or perhaps some of the many missed penalties taken by the cream of English strikers against Germany in the World Cup. Unfortunately, we can now add to the list of missed opportunities the Oireachtas banking inquiry report.

We are entitled to expect that such an extensive and time-consuming investigation would deliver a set of recommendations that copper-fastens public confidence in the banking system.