Anglo Irish bill not as high as some fear-c.bank

DUBLIN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Ireland's central bank governor said on Monday the cost of dealing with Anglo Irish Bank would not be as high as some commentators have forecast but he did not give an indication of what the final bill may be.

'It will be less than numbers recently touted around,' Patrick Honohan said in a speech at a financial regulation conference in Dublin, without specifying which numbers he meant.

Recently, rating agency Standard & Poor's said the cost of bailing out Anglo Irish could hit 35 billion euros ($46 billion), triggering criticism among Irish officials. So far, Ireland has pumped nearly 23 billion euros into the nationalised lender.

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