Stress tests will intensify bailout talks - Irish PM

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Bank stress tests published on Thursday will allow Ireland to intensify talks with Europe on revising its 85 billion euro (75 billion pound) EU-IMF deal, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said.

"The stress tests now allow us to intensify negotiations with European colleagues," Kenny told a news conference after Ireland's Central Bank said the country's four main banks could need 24 billion euros (21.1 billion pounds) in capital injections.

(Reporting by Padraic Halpin; editing by Steve Slater)