A man who knows his way around Europe and wouldn't have to worry about clinics in Rathmolyon. Yes, I know FG want to abolish the senate, but we will be stuck with it for the next Dail and we might as well get some value from it. ... Yes, for example impose higher reserve ratios on real estate related lending. Did they? No, of course. At the time, the bubble was not perceived as such by the authorities. Why then try to shift the blame to the ECB, to the EU Commission or ...