Bankers might not be too happy to hear this, but they have been lumped in with paramilitaries and clerical/institutional abusers in the research to see how apologies compare. Some 15 per cent felt that Republican groups and the British state had properly apologised and it was roughly the same when it came to the church. By comparison, fewer than 5 per cent agreed that the banks or State had apologised enough for the crisis 10 years on. More than three-quarters of respondents to the January-June 2017 survey either agreed or strongly agreed that apologies were important in dealing with the crisis. Very few could remember hearing any apologies from the State, banking sector or individual bankers, despite several prominent bankers apologising and expressing regret at bank shareholder meetings in 2009 (in between egg attacks) and at the 2015 Oireachtas banking inquiry.

Source: The Irish Times September 29, 2018 04:41 UTC