The government submitted restructuring plans for the two state-run lenders to the European Commission last week. Several Irish banks had to be rescued by the government when the property market crashed.
The government itself later had to accept a bail-out from the EU and IMF. Under the terms of the 85bn-euro ($113bn; £72bn) bail-out, the government had to put forward plans for the two lenders by last week. The Irish High Court has now given clearance to those plans.
The Irish Republic was forced to accept the 85bn euro bail-out from the EU and IMF  last year. "The NTMA  (National Treasury Management Agency) will immediately commence an auction process to invite interested, fully-licensed financial institutions to tender for Anglo and INBS deposits," the debt management agency said in a statement. 
It is intended that this process will conclude as quickly as possible.
 
      
      
      
      
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