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Outrage as AIB hands out €40m cash to staff
OUTRAGE was mounting today over AIB's multi-million Christmas bonus for staff.
Cowen regains control with Lenihan losing party's trust
FIANNA Fail TDs were backing off Brian Cowen today after the Taoiseach reawakened from his political slumber.
Dan White: Name and shame any banker who would dare to sue us to get their fat cat bonuses
Just what is it about AIB? When it comes to obtuseness, Ireland's most arrogant bank is in a class of its own. The bankrupt bank, which has already received a €3.5bn bailout from the taxpayer and will soon be back for a far bigger handout, is proposing to pay its staff €40m of bonuses next week.
Lenihan has given us all a good whack with his axe
BRIAN LENIHAN has taken his last swing of the axe.
FF meltdown in war of the two Brians
Brian Lenihan supporters today demanded he finally spring the plot to ensure Brian Cowen's speedy exit.
Cowen comes out fighting as rivals go for his throat
YOU’VE got to hand it to Brian Cowen. For much of the past twoand- a-half years, our country’s leader has bumbled and mumbled his way through his job, ending up on the ropes with his coalition partners holding a knife to his throat.
Plans for car pool a farce says Coveney
OPPOSITION parties seized on the government's "farcical" car pooling plans under which serving ministers get to keep their vehicles.
Fury as €100k TDs safe from cuts as families suffer the most
PAMPERED politicians will still earn fortunes after the Bloodbath Budget that has left ordinary families facing a bleak Christmas.
Dan White: Lenihan's picked our pockets with this sneaky 'tax'
Our pockets have been well and truly picked. Although Finance Minister Brian Lenihan resisted calls from the Labour Party to raise tax rates in the Budget, he still found a way to help himself to a lot more of our incomes.
Andrew Lynch: So who's prepared to sink knife into Cowen?
As Brian Lenihan came out of Government Buildings for his traditional Budget Day photo-op yesterday afternoon, he stepped on to the ice before realising his mistake and scrambling back up the steps.
Budget speech
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