PRESS DIGEST - Ireland - June 16

DUBLIN, June 16 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading
stories in Ireland's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not
verified these stories and cannot vouch for their accuracy:

THE IRISH TIMES

- The government is "quietly confident" it will get the
legal guarantees it is seeking on the Lisbon Treaty and possibly
announce the date of a second referendum later this week.

- The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) made a pretax loss of 15.5
million euros ($21.43 million) in 2008 after losses on
investments doubled to 22 million euros during the year,
according to the bourse's latest annual results.

- Five of the guaranteed financial institutions have
submitted the names of their top 100 developer borrowers and the
size of their loans to officials setting up the State's "bad
bank", Nama, by a deadline set for yesterday evening.

IRISH INDEPENDENT

- Taoiseach Brian Cowen is set to cut lucrative ministerial
pensions paid to sitting TDs by up to 25pc after they defied the
Government's request for suggested savings.

- iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) is searching for locations for
up to four stores in Dublin and has targeted properties close to
Grafton Street for a flagship shop.

IRISH EXAMINER

- Aer Lingus (AERL.I) will offer off-peak transatlantic
rates from as little as 80 million euros or $110 one-way as part
of its efforts to encourage more people to travel between the US
and Ireland.

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