Bank of Ireland buys KBC's Irish assets in 5 billion euro deal - NewsBreak

DUBLIN, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Bank of Ireland (BIRG.I) on Friday agreed to buy "substantially all" of KBC's (KBC.BR) Irish performing assets for 5 billion euros as the Belgian financial group confirmed it would become the latest lender to leave the shrinking Irish market. The two banks announced they were...