So Today’s the big day when we find out which European city will host the prestigious new Anti Money Laundering Agency.  Whoever gets it will doubtless attract a whole ecosystem of financial, legal and lobbying experts buzzing around the new Honeypot. 

Dublin is one of the favourites but is up against major bids from Madrid, Paris, Rome and Frankfurt.  Ireland set out its stall before MEPs in brussels last month and sitting alongside the finance minister was junior Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill responsible for financial services Minister McNeil joined Joe this morning.