Still much to do on mortgage arrears issue

The banking system is struggling to deal with mortgage arrears. But so too is the political system. So when the two meet, as they did this week at Oireachtas committee hearings, they often talk past each other, rather than to each other.

The bankers go in just hoping to escape unscathed. The politicians are all too often looking for a soundbite. Nonetheless, we did learn something from the appearances of the bank chiefs, ...