Batting on the same side

The Central Bank of Ireland is undergoing a period of substantial change. The present structure is quite simple: departments reporting to the assistant director general, the management board, and ultimately the board and the governor of the central bank. But that's changing this year. The bank is responsible for credit institutions, investment intermediaries, insurance intermediaries, bonds, the exchange, stock brokers and so on, but it is not responsible for credit unions, insurance companies or consumer issues ' that is going to change. The government has published a bill that has just...