Spat On and Taunted No More: It's Okay to Be Irish Banker Again
- Allied Irish and Bank of Ireland boost graduate recruitment
- Universities take in more students for finance courses
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Reviled during Ireland’s financial crisis, banking is back in vogue for the country’s young and ambitious.
Allied Irish Banks Plc said this month it will restart its graduate-recruitment program, while Bank of Ireland Plc plans to expand it to 2008 levels next year. More students are seeking careers in finance, with Trinity College Dublin spending 70 million euros ($74 million) on a new business school to meet demand and University College Dublin reporting a 10 percent increase in applications for finance-related courses over the last four years.