Ireland and Iceland had two of the world’s biggest banking crisis in recent times, but dealt with it in two very different ways. Unlike Ireland, Iceland did not save its banks and burnt all its bondholders.
RTÉ journalist David Murphy visited Iceland in March in order to find out how Iceland has fared in the years following the crash. He interviewed musician Einar Tönsberg, estate agent Vilhjálmur Bjarnason, MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir of the Pirate Party and Iceland’s prime minister among others.
The segment explains well the issues Icelanders are dealing with following the banking crisis and is worth a watch.
RTÉ's Prime Time covers the Icelandic banking crisis and the issues the country has been dealing with since.
Ireland and Iceland had two of the world’s biggest banking crisis in recent times, but dealt with it in two very different ways. Unlike Ireland, Iceland did not save its banks and burnt all its bondholders.
RTÉ journalist David Murphy visited Iceland in March in order to find out how Iceland has fared in the years following the crash. He interviewed musician Einar Tönsberg, estate agent Vilhjálmur Bjarnason, MP Birgitta Jónsdóttir of the Pirate Party and Iceland’s prime minister among others.
The segment explains well the issues Icelanders are dealing with following the banking crisis and is worth a watch.
