I issued a press statement on Tuesday letting the press know that I would be raising this issue at the AGM the following day.
RTE contacted me and arranged to interview me and Neverever prior to the AGM.
The Indo said that they would cover it.
Newstalk Breakfast contacted me to do an interview yesterday morning at 7.10 about the Ulster Bank computer problem. I agreed to do it but asked them if they would cover the AIB issue as well, but they didn't. I did the UB interview anyway.
Neverever and I met the RTE crew outside the RDS before the meeting and recorded interviews.
Shortly afterwards, the Chief Executive and the Finance Director arrived so Neverever and I introduced ourselves and raised the issue but they said they would not discuss it on the doorstep. RTE recorded that, but I don't know if it was broadcast or not.
At the meeting, I stood up and raised the issue. The usual arguments. They responded with the usual arguments but noting that the Central Bank "was comfortable" with their position. I responded to some of their arguments.
Then neverever spoke about the impact on him. It went over the head of the Chairman who considered it an administrative issue and told him to speak to their Head of Complaints.
I did an interview with TV 3 afterwards.
Over the tea and coffee we spoke to the Chairman Richard Pym but made no progress.
Then we spoke to a non executive director who knew about the issue but was interested in hearing more.
RTE TV broadcast it on the
1 pm news, (starts at 18.30) but they focussed on share options even quoting Neverever on that topic, but not on the prevailing rate.
It was scheduled to go out on the 6 One News but it got squeezed out by more newsworthy issues.
TV3 did a a good piece on it at 5.30. They included my piece about going to the High Court to clarify the meaning of "prevailing rate".
And they interviewed the Chief Executive and asked him what he thought about that. He said that was our entitlement.
Neither the Indo nor the Irish Times has covered it today in the paper editions.
Brendan