As the fallout from the Central Bank’s damning investigation into Davy escalated in recent days, two words kept creeping into my mind: money and denial. The scandalous transaction, where 16 high-ranking figures at the stockbroker sought to profit personally at the expense of a client, was born from a desire for personal gain. There was little motivation for the manoeuvre other than an insatiable desire for someone else’s money. Indeed, it says much that within hours of agreeing to sell his stash of Anglo bonds, Patrick Kearney quickly figured something was wrong. Having talked with Cantor Fitzgerald, he immediately knew…

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