Main event promises more than stunts and soundbites

As the banking inquiry prepares to question the big players, political grandstanding is the last thing we need

The banking inquiry is starting to get expensive and soon it will start getting expansive. Clocking in at more than €2 million so far, the context phase of the inquiry is nearly over. While watching the inquiry daily, it often felt like the witnesses had overdosed on hindsight pills. I kept thinking ‘I know this, I know this’. Sparks rarely flew between the inquiry’s members and the witnesses, and I’m sure viewer figures ...