European Central Bank

Ian Guider: Will our man in Frankfurt take the rap if ECB loses the race against inflation?

Philip Lane, who as the European Central Bank’s chief economist guides policy which affects the lives of more than 340 million people, is walking a tightrope in his response to the current crisis

Who is the most influential Irish person on the international stage? That question was something mused on by Leo Varadkar, the Tánaiste, recently when he suggested that the position held by Paschal Donohoe as president of the Eurogroup of finance ministers was by far the most important held by an Irish person.

It is highly unlikely that a person on the street could name anything on the agenda of a Eurogroup meeting, though that does ...