But Prime Minister Narendra Modi needs to fix the banks to fulfil a pledge to create jobs.

Paolo Gentiloni has to fix the banks, sort out voting rules and steer the country to elections.

Now, can someone please fix the banks so we can get back to upgrading our sheep-throwing applications?

The results of the tests will lead Michael Noonan to undertake "a radical new approach" to fix the banks, a Government source said.

"I never dreamed they could fix the banks so quickly."

There are also few bonds in issue that could be used in any "bail-in" to share the costs of fixing the banks.