By Emese Bartha

Ireland issued 3 billion euros ($3.29 billion) in new October 2034-dated government bonds via a bank syndicate on Thursday, garnering strong demand, one of the lead manager banks said.

Books for the new issue closed in excess of EUR44 billion, including EUR4.1 billion joint lead manager demand, the same bank said. The spread on the new issue was set 1 basis point above midswap, it said.

Bookrunners of the transaction were Barclays, BNP Paribas, Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland, Citi, Danske Bank and J.P. Morgan.

Write to Emese Bartha at emese.bartha@wsj.com

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January 11, 2024 06:24 ET (11:24 GMT)