AIB chief executive David Duffy must have privately shuddered during the week when news that the semi- state transport company CIÉ had to go cap in hand to the Government for €36m caused a public and political backlash.

A double consumer price blow is on the cards this autumn as the prices of banking and home heating are set to rise.

RYANAIR is likely to increase fares by 9% this year, according to NCB stockbrokers.

BANK of Ireland and AIB shares plunged more than 5% yesterday as the banks said non-participation in NAMA could have led to nationalisation.

AER Lingus long-haul traffic nose-dived last month, falling by more than 12% as short-haul numbers soared.

AIB is leveraging the Government’s bank guarantees in a debt buyback strategy which could leave AIB with a net profit of close to €1 billion.

A vigil is being held in the Co Tyrone town of Dungannon this evening after a gang stabbed a man to death as he walked home from his daughter's 18th birthday party.

A father-of-three was stabbed to death as he returned home from celebrating his daughter’s 18th birthday, it emerged tonight.

IRISH Life & Permanent chief executive David Went has joined the ranks of the €1 million a year executives with a total pay package of €1.025m.