Banker's salary exceeds pay cap

Sir, – Thank goodness Richie Boucher’s Messi-like wizardry is appreciated (“Bank of Ireland paid chief executive Richie Boucher…

Sir, – Thank goodness Richie Boucher’s Messi-like wizardry is appreciated (“Bank of Ireland paid chief executive Richie Boucher €831,000, including a salary of €623,000, in 2011” despite salary cap of €500,000, Business, March 16th).

I look forward to bank officials or ministers talking us through, in detail, some of those beautiful “Boucher” moments from the last year which only Richie could bring off and which are so deserving of his handsome salary. – Yours, etc,

CHARLIE McGEEVER,

Ballina,

Co Tipperary.