You do one useful thing, and you get attacked for it. Who’d be a politician?
Banks have every reason to continue to be cautious about their lending.
The great politics and terrible economics of the Government’s Help to Buy scheme
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Protected species
Tweaking the levy and how it is applied to force the banks to become more competitive is something the Government should look at, but don’t hold your breath.
Credit needed
“Kick in the teeth for Irish taxpayers”
“…turning a blind eye to the struggles of hardworking families”
A long history
Role of Banks
In all of this, the Irish banks for all their sins are simply piggy in the middle