Who will replace the gutsy governor?
Patrick Honohan’s appointment was a bold move that paid off at a desperate moment. But will this government allow another governor who will stand up to them?
It will be a question in school books and pub quizzes for years. Just who answered the phone in RTÉ when Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan called in to tell the country that Ireland would be asking for a massive international rescue package?
That it was Des Cahill who took his call that morning in late November 2010 seems all the more surreal. ...
