The Government is seeking to raise up to €1 billion in a bond auction next week.
National Treasury Management Agency will offer two bonds, the first with a coupon of 4 per cent maturing in 2014 and the second with a coupon of 4.5 per cent maturing in 2018,
In a statement it said it would hold further auctions in May and June.
Government bond auctions are confined to primary dealers. The ten primary dealers recognised by the NTMA are: Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, Calyon, Citigroup, Davy, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, HSBC, ING Bank and RBS.
