More than 400,000 public servants may be asked to ballot on industrial action if the Government and unions fail to broker a multi-year pay deal at talks.
The Commercial Court has given the go ahead for PTSB to convene a meeting of shareholders to vote on the proposed €1.6bn sale of the bank to Austrian banking group Bawag.
The Irish Government raised €2bn on the bond market on Wednesday, even as borrowing costs for countries across Europe lurched higher.