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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 26, 1997
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Emerald Isle Bancorp, Inc.
730 Hancock Street
Quincy, Massachusetts 02170
(617) 479-5001
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
Massachusetts 0-21175 04-3300934
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
Item 5. Other Events.
By letter dated Mach 24, 1997, and beginning on March 26, 1997, Richard
S. Straczynski resigned from his position as Executive Vice President of
Emerald Isle Bancorp, Inc. (the "Corporation") to accept a position with
another financial institution. Mr. Straczynski also served as President and
Chief Operating Officer of the Hibernia Savings Bank (the "Bank"), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation. On April 8, 1997, the Executive
Committee of the Bank elected Mark A. Osborne, Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, and Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank to serve as the Bank's
President.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Quincy, State of
Massachusetts, this 9th day of April, 1997.
Emerald Isle Bancorp, Inc.
Date: April 9, 1997 By: /s/ Gerard F. Linskey
Gerard F. Linskey, Treasurer
