Windfall for ESB staff in €50m share bailout deal

Most ESB workers will get thousands of euros worth of free shares in the company as part of a €50 million share bailout deal.

Many ESB staff were given shares in lieu of pay rises back in 2001, but it became difficult to sell them off in internal share markets due to a lack of demand.

The ESB has been forced to come back in and fix the problem with a massive share ...