The interview was nearing to a close. Throughout it, Patrick Honohan has been both thoughtful and thought-provoking, combining both real world sensibilities and academic rigour. Throughout his career, Honohan has woven a delicate path between shaping the system from both within and outside and has long mastered the uneasy tension that coalesces between economics and politics. His resume is well known, but still worth revisiting. A former civil adviser to the World Bank and an economic professor at Trinity, he was installed as Governor of the Central bank in 2009 to help Ireland navigate the unfolding financial crisis. Even after…

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