Staff at AIB who choose to be among the 2,500 voluntary departures are likely to be offered a redundancy package of four weeks’ pay per year of service, inclusive of statutory.

A mediator has recommended that the proposed 950 redundancies at Ulster Bank be voluntary and that departing staff be given four weeks’ pay per year of service inclusive of statutory.

EVERTON striker Wayne Rooney will not be charged after a woman claimed he spat in her face.

Everton striker Wayne Rooney will not be charged after a woman claimed he spat in her face, it emerged today.