Aug
27
Insider or Outsider? Ireland Faces Central Bank Dilemma
ByIreland is about to deliver evidence on whether, nearly two years after regaining its economic sovereignty, much has really changed.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan is seeking a new central bank governor, with bookmakers making government official Robert Watt the favorite. Other names — including John McHale, an economics professor at NUI Galway, and John Fell of the European Central Bank — are also being touted as a Sept. 1 deadline looms for candidates to declare an interest in succeeding Patrick Honohan…