Theres a world of investment opportunities out there now, alot safer and a lot surer than aib or boi, it will take a few years to establish the fate of these two banks, it is still way too risky, you could invest in berkshire hathaway, big oil companies, big healthcare, big technology, all of these are beaten down with the credit crunch, but they will be the first to recover, banks and financials are in a 10 year slump, they are like technology after the dot com bust, intel is now in a very strong position and has plenty of cash and liquidity to ride out this slump, can you say that about boi or aib