Good morning colleagues, 

The State has recovered a total of €17.9 billion of AIB’s bailout bill to date, following yesterday's sell-off of 5% of the State's shares in the bank. The Government’s remaining 12.5% stake, however, remains about €1.23 billion under water on their crisis-era, taxpayer-funded, €20.8 billion investment in the bank.

Elsewhere, the public inquiry into the Omagh bombing is to hold its first substantive hearings today.