is selling theremaining portfolios of its Irish operations, which comprise unsecured debts ofthousands of borrowers, raising fears that they could be snapped up bysub-prime "vulture funds," Ireland's Sunday Business Post reported April 3.
Thetoxic loans, which include credit card bills, legal judgments, overdrafts andpersonal guarantees, are likely to be sold at a tiny percentage of their facevalue, the report noted.