economist.com — AS SLOGANS go, "restructure the promissory-notes repayment schedule" doesn't have quite the same tub-thumping ring as "burn the bondholders". But as Ireland has moved from the anger to the bargaining stage of economic grief, it has realised that coming to a deal over €31 billion ($41 billion) in promissory notes which the government issued to two failing banks is more important than defaulting on their remaining unsecured bondholders.