DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland has not made an "irretrievable" decision to go ahead with the sale of a 25 percent stake in Allied Irish Banks (I:ALBK) this year and a final call will be made in the early days of a new government, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said.
"We've been watching the markets, the markets haven't been as strong as they were last year, we'd only sell in a strong market. We want to get full value for AIB," Noonan, who had previously expected a sale this year, told reporters on Thursday.
"No irretrievable decision has been made to go ahead in the final quarter of the year but we'll have to take a decision in the early days of the new government."