"If capital is required to demonstrate that confidence, capital will be provided, but on strict terms and on terms that will ensure a full return to the tax payer and to the pension fund."

Finance Minister Brian Lenihan.

Bank bail-outs

22 days ago
Gormley and Cowen 'make progress' in banking-inquiry talks
John Gormley and Brian Cowen have "made progress" in talks about what format an inquiry into the banking crisis will take.
22 days ago
UK 'could still impose US-style bank levies'
The UK could still impose a US-style levy on banks to recoup money from the taxpayer bailout, City minister Paul Myners suggested today.

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