90368633Former Aer Lingus CEO Willie Walsh in 2004. He is now CEO of IAG, owner of British Airways, which is hoping to take over Aer Lingus.

The Aer Lingus board is preparing to recommend that the company’s shareholders accept a €2.55 a-share offer from IAG, moving the pair closer to a deal following six weeks of negotiations.

Aer Lingus board backs €1.3bn takeover subject to conditions (Barry O’Halloran, Irish Times)

Senior executives at Aer Lingus will earn almost €30m from their bonus share scheme if the sale goes ahead….Only executive directors and senior management benefit from Aer Lingus’s long-term incentive plan.

Aer Lingus bosses to split €30m if deal is approved (Independent.ie)

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Four child survivors of the Nazi Holocaust return to Auschwitz in southern Poland where they were photographed in 1945 by Soviet troops liberating the camp.

Top from left:  Paula Lebovics, Miriam Ziegler, Gabor Hirsch and  Eva Kor,

Survivors Reunite After 70 years (Mirror)

Minister Flanagan in Poland to commemorate 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz (DFA.ie)

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