Irish government sells Irish Life personal finance to Great-West Lifeco for $1.7 billion

MINISTER NOONAN IS THIS THE SAME IDIOT THAT SAID NOTHING EVER CAME OUT OF GREECE ONLY FETS CHEESE.. I MEAN IT EMBARRASSES ME AS AN IRISHMAN,IE BORN IN IRELAND LIVE IN IRELAND AND HAVE AN IRISH PASSPORT.. WHO CANT FIGURE OUT HOW THIS IDIOT GOT THE JOB OF MINISTER FOR FINANCE OF A COUNTRY WITH 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE .. ITS BETTER THEN ANY IRISH JOKE IVE EVER HEARD !!

mergers always mean job losses.If I worked at Irish life I'd be worried.

I worked for Great-West when they had their healthcare insurance division in the United States. Eventually, they sold to Aetna. It was all done on the QT, although most of the employees sensed something in the works. The day we were let go (my 61st birthday and two days before Thanksgiving), we were given 20 minutes to clean out our desks and be escorted out the door. I begged for a little more time for those of us leaving, so we could at least say goodbye to our friends. There were many tears that day. The way the company handled it was absolutely terrible. For that reason, I have absolutely no respect for Great-West.