Row over executive bonuses overshadows AIB’s agm

There was little chance the government, only one crisis away from a general election, would approve sweeteners for managers at a bank that cost the state €21 billion

By their very nature, company annual general meetings should be routine and boring. After all, if the company is doing well there should be nothing for shareholders to gripe about.

AIB’s agm last Wednesday at the RDS Concert Hall, across the road from the bank’s headquarters in Ballsbridge in Dublin, was easily able to accommodate the 100 or so shareholders who turned up – attendance at these events has dwindled over the years. ...