Bank restructuring
31 March 2011
Main points of Bank Restructuring
- A total of €24bn needed for Irish banking system
- AIB and EBS to be merged
- AIB will need €13.3bn
- Bank of Ireland will need €5.2bn
- EBS will need €1.5bn
- Irish Life & Permanent will need €4bn
This will leave the the following banking scene
- AIB combined with the smaller EBS Group
- Bank of Ireland
- Permanent tsb
- Ulster Bank Group
- KBC
- National Irish Bank
- Rabo
Main banks are expected to reduce in size through sale of non core assets.