Bank interest offer like ‘SSIAs for big guys’

AIB is reported (June 16) to be willing to pay 12.5% interest per annum for 10-year money, or “bonds” as they describe them. Is there any chance that those of us with a few euro left by a profligate government might not also earn this interest rate?

AIB is being bailed out to an enormous extent by the citizenry of this country and surely we should have first right of refusal to invest our savings. This money no doubt will be raised from “foreign” investors with not one cent liable to DIRT.

It’s like the SSIAs all over again, but this time only for the big guys who missed out the last time, except they won’t need to spend it in Ireland where it would be of benefit to this nation.