Benzinga's Political Roundup (IRE, T)

Yesterday Ireland disclosed that its four top banks need to raise 24 billion Euros in capital, as a result of the Irish Central Bank's stress tests. Bank of Ireland IRE and Allied Irish Bank AIB need to raise 5.2 billion and 13.3 billion Euros, respectively. The merger between AT&T T and T-Mobile will be a tough sell, according to a senior Democrat at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.