Second group of AIB employees after bonuses

The AIB staff are no longer entitled to demand their bonuses because it is obviously clear that AIB (and the other Irish banks)are de-facto bust, and have no more of their "own" money left, any money they have got at present is covered and provided by the Irish Tax payer. Those bonus expecting AIB staff are of course very upset, that is well understood, but they have to accept that their employer (AIB) is bust, and when a company is bust payment is no longer available, and the courts in Ireland can not force others i.e the Irish taxpayer to pay their bonuses,and the Irish government is absolutely right to oppose the bonus payments given the current financial AIB circumstances. Moreover, the "bonus-claimers should be thankful that the government bailed AIB out, because without this bale-out they would have lost their jobs, never mind the bonus payment. Nevertheless, should AIB become more efficient and successful in the future, and be able to repay their massive debts, then in about 5 to 6 years the "bonus claimers" might have a chance to get their current bonus paid, in the meantime they should be thankful for the government bale-out because it has kept their job, their income, and their way of live, which did not happen to several thousand other Irish people who lost their jobs and thus their way of live.

Our banking system seem to be greedy to the roots down.

This Government should stop doing anything period, they no longer have a mandate nor the authority.

Anyone care to bet against them winning in court like Foy? Only banana republics pass ex-post facto laws like CISA. AIB should just pay the deferred 2008 bonuses as contractually required and that will be the end of bonus payments to bank employees for a long time.