Sir, – James A Quinn says that the whistle was not blown on the reckless abandon of the Celtic Tiger boom because “a culture is almost always stronger than any individual within it”(January 2nd).
John Fagan says that anyone who did attempt to point out that the boom was unsustainable was promptly accused of failing to “put on the green jersey” and told to “stop talking down the economy” (Letters, January 4th).
Is blaming the ordinary individual for being intimidated and not confronting the conventional wisdom of the boom time – that all in the garden was rosy – not missing the point?
Surely the people of influence, who had the information and resources to form and lead public opinion, were the people who should have challenged those in the green jersey brigade?
Surely those who were in positions of power needed to be challenged by those in media and academia who were in a position to do so when the reckless abandon was getting out of hand? – Yours, etc,
ANTHONY LEAVY,
Shielmartin Drive,
Sutton, Dublin 13.