Ireland’s €54bn gamble on banks, property nears approval

2009-11-12T07:02:00

Lawmakers will today pass a bill creating a so-called bad bank that will pay the country’s biggest banks 54 billion euros ($81 billion), or about a third of gross domestic product, for property loans to free up lending. The agency plans to start buying loans by the end of the ...

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