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EVERY WEEKDAY EVENING,TheJournal.ie brings you five things you really should know before heading out the door…

1. #BANK OF IRELAND: The Government has concluded the sale of €1bn worth of BoI shares to a North American-Canadian consortium. This reduces the role of the State in the banking sector somewhat but Social Justice Ireland told the EC, ECB, IMF troika today that the burden of the bailout is being borne by the most vulnerable.

2. #ENERGY: Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Pat Rabbitte has confirmed that 13 new licences have been granted for the exploration of oil and gas reserves off the Irish coast.

3. #BURMA: Trade unions will be allowed to form in Burma for the first time in almost 50 years and they will be allowed to take industrial action – as long as they give 14 days’ notice.

4. #ILL WIND: A number of flights have been cancelled or diverted from Dublin Airport this afternoon over heavy winds crosswinds blowing hard on the capital. Met Éireann has a weather warning in effect, warning of heavy downpours and – eek – sleet.

5. #RACE FOR THE ÁRAS: David Norris ended the suspense over the “very important speech” he said in a tweet last night that he would be making today. The speech turned out to be criticism of the Keane report on mortgage arrears – but he also declared himself the “24-carat independent” candidate of the race.

Artist Niall O’Loughlin (cartoonireland.blogspot.com) tweeted us his take on the candidates today. Cheers Niall.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:35 AM

    Likely at some time in the past they decided to lay off all their competent IT people and/or outsourced the work to a cheap 3rd party to save money. Well, they’re paying for that now. Though I doubt the people who made that decision will be held accountable by anyone.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:00 AM

    Ulster Bank – The bank that likes to fly by the seat of it’s pants.

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    Mute Shane McCoy
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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:19 AM

    My dad lost his job in RBS due to them outsourcing work to India – when will companies realise this does not work??

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:21 AM

    Is their IT system made out of Lego?! What a shambles.

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    Mute David Orde
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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:13 AM

    Ulster bank is an utter disgrace!

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    Mute Peadar Grant
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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:46 AM

    The main media organisations in this country haven’t exactly chased UB for a detailed explanation of what went wrong the first time, neither have any of the politicians.

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    Mute Brian Daly
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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:40 PM

    It’s the first time that a banks ATM network has gone down temporarily. What makes this news is what happened last year.

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    Mute everlast mccarthy
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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:58 AM

    It’s headline news when things are working normally for Ulster Bank.

    What does that tell you?

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    Mute Marist '59
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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:03 AM

    Much bigger bonuses please or management will take their talents elsewhere.

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    Mute Rose Treanor
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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:09 AM

    No, definitely not running as normal yet…

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    Mute Noelle Butler
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    Mar 7th 2013, 3:00 PM

    Computer says no.

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    Mute Stephen Mooney
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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:50 AM

    Internet banking was down too

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    Mute Rebecca Ryan
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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:32 AM

    No point in complaining about there ” service ” vote with your feet move to another bank ANY other bank. That’s what I’ve done. Happy days

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    Mute Brian Daly
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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:43 PM

    The main thing is that it doesn’t matter how many cock ups they make, bonuses are go! Banking is the only industry where complete incompetence can be rewarded by public bailouts and the management continuing to get huge bonuses.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    Was In the process of switchignored from Boi to UB , after reading this I’m cancelling that idea and going to ehh….which bank isn’t fcked right now?

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    *switching

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