Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland News

I RARELY meet bank directors these days. David Duffy, the 10- grand-a-week boss at AIB refuses to return my calls.

The Campaign Against Home and Water Tax has taken it`s protest to the Bank of Ireland on Patrick Street in Cork .. Only last week , shareholders at Bank of Ireland approved an annual payment in excess of 860 , 000 euro for Chief Executive , Richie Boucher.

After depressing European economies for more than three years, austerity may be over in Europe, as Portugal, Spain, and Greece are slowing down tax levies and spending cuts.

BANK of Ireland CEO Richie Boucher's a 13,629 weekly salary looks set to remain intact despite a call from the Taoiseach last week for senior bankers to make a "substantial contribution" to reducing the cost of their pay and pensions, the Sunday Independent has learnt.

The Finance Minister Michael Noonan has criticised pay increases for bank executives funded by the taxpayer during the financial crisis.

TENS of thousands of homeowners will be hit with a hefty increase in their monthly mortgage payments after banks hiked rates - just days ahead of an expected cut at European level.

The Bank of Ireland has been punished by the UK's tax authority, HMRC, for attempting to avoid tax.

A vote on the remuneration package for Bank of Ireland chief Richie Boucher will take place this evening at the bank's AGM.

Sinn FA©in finance spokesperson, Pearse Doherty TD, has said Minister Michael Noonan should use the state's stake in Bank of Ireland to vote against the salary of CEO Richie Boucher and other directors.