INTEL'S staff were in celebratory mood last Tuesday evening. Average bonus payments of £714 for the first half of the year put the employees in understandably party form.

But rather than hit any New York-style burger joints or steak houses, Intel's finest rushed to Dublin's top Thai restaurant, The Chili Club, to spend their sudden windfall.

The Margin's man on the spot said they wasted little time converting their greenbacks into green curry and other Eastern treats.