Buybacks have been hugely popular in recent year but companies have pulled in their horns as the global economy turns

Loan sale comes as AIB moves to hire its next chief financial officer

In prospectus to debt investors, ESB cites risks posed by ‘state actors’ amid heightened geopolitical tensions

Dublin-based pharmacy wholesale and services business declines to comment on size of stake

Chief executive’s €1.2bn buyout bid for ferry operator had been seen as doomed to fail two weeks ago

French investment firm Ardian completed its acquisition of group in deal worth enterprise value of €2.5bn

Firm ‘redirecting focus’, mainly to growing wealth and asset management market

Iseq rises over 1% with nutrition-related companies standing out

Nessa McNeela to take up a new post with another company in London

Uncertainty remains over whether a separate count of minority shareholders will be required to approve the deal

KKR and Energy Capital Partners are offering £65.25 a share upfront with potential for up to £1.25 more

Corporate financier Kahlil de Burca says GDL listed to comply with rules on Reits rather than to raise funds

Irish Ferries' owner subject to proposed management buyout

Eamonn Rothwell’s bid for Irish Ferries parent ICG would be one last big deal for the ‘maritime Michael O’Leary’

Irish Life has a 20 per cent share of the State’s private health market