Every Irish scandal is ultimately a variation on the same grubby, grisly theme.
A big institution will be revealed to have treated ordinary members of the public as though they were marks to be milked and/or bugs to be squished. A government watchdog eventually steps in – but far too late and with little discernible empathy for the lives already ruined, the futures derailed. Facile apologies will follow. But, in the end, will anything have changed?
That familiar piece of very Irish theatre is played out in the riveting new documentary Trackers: The People v The Banks (RTÉ One, 9.35pm), which explores the human misery inflicted by Ireland’s fina
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