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| | Irish Times Article - Bank of Ireland in takeover talks with Abbey National (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | Bank of Ireland has made an approach to take over Britain's sixth biggest bank, Abbey National, writes Siobhán Creaton, Finance Correspondent |
 | | Bank of Ireland governor, Mr Laurence Crowley, held preliminary discussions with Abbey National's executive chairman, Lord Burns, in recent weeks which, if concluded, would see the Irish bank emerge as Europe's 12th largest financial institution. |
 | | In 1999 Bank of Ireland attempted to merge with Alliance and Leicester. |
| www.ireland.com /newspaper/front/2002/1007/1838962711HMBANKFRONT.html (397 words) |
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