Irish banking in 2022: retrenchment, reviews, retribution… and ratesStock investors bet retreat of Ulster Bank and KBC will give surviving banks a fighting chanceFri Dec 31 2021 - 10:16
The A to Z of financial markets in 2021Apple soared and Zoom slumped in a year that saw markets surge to record levelsFri Dec 31 2021 - 05:20
Philip Lee to hire more than 50 lawyers amid Dublin HQ moveJonathan Kelly predicts another strong year for M&A activity in the Republic next yearThu Dec 30 2021 - 05:45
FTSE 100 hits 22-month high as wider European stocks dipIseq All-Share Index rises 0.9% to 8,444.96 to reach highest level in more than six weeksWed Dec 29 2021 - 18:24
Goodbody lowers five-year equity returns estimateStockbroking firm sees equities delivering average 6.5% return per annum over five yearsWed Dec 29 2021 - 18:06
Uniphar and Kingspan lead Iseq winners in 2021 as Flutter and Ryanair diveUniphar’s gross profit surges 31% in the first half of the yearWed Dec 29 2021 - 17:20
United Oil & Gas expects ‘five out of five’ for Egyptian wellsCEO Brian Larkin says firm has ‘outstanding results’ with drilling campaign’Wed Dec 29 2021 - 16:13
Yew Grove shareholders back €127.8m sale to Canadian property groupA number of resolutions at egm on proposed deal passed by majority of about 90%Thu Dec 23 2021 - 15:17
PTSB and Ulster Bank seek competition clearance for €6.8bn loans dealTransformational deal would increase PTSB’s loan book by almost 50%Thu Dec 23 2021 - 10:38
Surging equities wipe out Iseq companies’ €1bn pension deficitGlobal shares have risen by 22% so far this yearWed Dec 22 2021 - 15:13
Ardagh reportedly eyeing sale of food cans joint ventureCitigroup and Evercore hired to manage disposal of Trivium PackagingTue Dec 21 2021 - 18:59
State to sell part of its stake in AIB over next six monthsAnalysts estimate State’s stake could fall to as low as 68% by middle of 2022Tue Dec 21 2021 - 17:12
NTMA picks Frank O’Connor as next chief executiveIncoming chief is agency’s head of funding and debt managementTue Dec 21 2021 - 15:16
Anne Heraty steps down from CPL in wake of €110m sale windfallLongford woman co-founded recruitment firm bought by OutsourcingTue Dec 21 2021 - 06:07
Goodbody poised to become primary dealer in government bondsNew hires will see stockbroker taking advantage of rival Davy’s exit from the businessTue Dec 21 2021 - 06:00
NTMA CEO race sees O’Connor and Carville face off in final line-upDecision expected imminently on successor to Conor O’KellyMon Dec 20 2021 - 06:23
Credit unions lobby for co-lending amid Government reviewSubmission proposes that the sector be able to lend in groups on larger transactionsMon Dec 20 2021 - 05:30
Siobhán Quinlan plans almost 670 apartments in Dublin suburbsSeen & Heard: US businessman David McCourt owns under 3% of National Broadband IrelandSun Dec 19 2021 - 12:58
Fexco slid into €48m loss in 2020 as Covid hit foreign exchangeFinancial services company said it returned operating profit in fourth quarter this yearSat Dec 18 2021 - 05:31
Joe Brennan: NatWest and Irish taxpayers will be joined at the hip in PTSBIrish lender needs €400m of fresh capital to support its purchase of Ulster Bank loansFri Dec 17 2021 - 15:47
Turning Datalex around: ‘It’s a privilege to have to clean up somebody else’s mess’Sean Corkery jumped at the chance to lead the aviation software firm out of troubleFri Dec 17 2021 - 12:00
NatWest set to take 16.7% of PTSB in Ulster Bank loan sale dealPTSB to acquire about €6.8bn of mortgages and business loans from exiting Ulster BankFri Dec 17 2021 - 08:28
JP Morgan’s Ireland head Carin Bryans to step down next yearBryans will be succeeded by Marc Hussey, who is returning to the companyThu Dec 16 2021 - 18:44
Insurers claim spike in PIAB award rejections limit premium cutsNumber of challenges to laws underpinning award guidelines have been launchedThu Dec 16 2021 - 07:40
Credit union savings slow as households loosen purse strings, report finds‘Credit unions remains heavily dependent on unsecured personal lending’Tue Dec 14 2021 - 12:05
Travel stocks lead European markets lower amid heightened Omicron fearsCautious approach spurred by impending policy decisions by central banksMon Dec 13 2021 - 18:46
A third of SMEs could have been in trouble without Covid supports – Central BankIt is estimated that 12% of small businesses ended last year in financial distressMon Dec 13 2021 - 12:49
First Citizen reports 2020 loss as it weighs mortgage market entryRival Dilosk sees consildated loans more than double to €566m, new figures showFri Dec 10 2021 - 17:53
CRH boss Manifold keeps his lieutenants – and critics – on their toesJoe Brennan: Shares in the company are up almost 70% in two yearsFri Dec 10 2021 - 15:20
HealthBeacon IPO backed by Canaccord and AIBMedical technology company to be valued at €98 million as it floats next WednesdayFri Dec 10 2021 - 07:50
Larry Goodman puts eldest son in key spot on new board over empireMove puts order over the long-term direction of the Goodman family’s interestsFri Dec 10 2021 - 05:26
Datalex hires former CRH executive as CFODan Creedon replaces Niall O’Sullivan, who is joining Blackrock Healthcare GroupThu Dec 09 2021 - 18:51
Kerry Group’s Scanlon mops up €1.1m of shares after price dipFirst purchase in market by nutrition group boss after four years at the helmThu Dec 09 2021 - 14:00
‘Unsustainable’ credit won’t deliver viable housing supply – Central BankAlmost 20,000 mortgages still more than a year in arrears according to Central bank dataThu Dec 09 2021 - 12:47
NTMA fundraising to fall up to 46% after Covid shockReduced borrowing plan for 2022 reflects State’s improving fiscal positionThu Dec 09 2021 - 10:45
Larry Goodman’s healthcare group hires Datalex turnaround CFOCompanies behind Blackrock, Hermitage and Galway clinics saw profits drop in 2020Thu Dec 09 2021 - 05:11
Irish banks’ money transfer plan attracts deeper competition scrutinyCCPC to open full investigation into Synch PaymentsWed Dec 08 2021 - 17:46
Ulster Bank CEO says problem loans sale unlikely before 2023Almost 300 Ulster Bank staff have left the exiting lender this yearWed Dec 08 2021 - 17:40
Revolut abandons plans for European wealth and trading hub in DublinUK fintech looks to Lithuania as base for providing investment services across EEAWed Dec 08 2021 - 05:27
CRH shares spike on $3bn unit sale speculationReports say building materials group is preparing to sell its North American glass unitTue Dec 07 2021 - 16:02
Numis taps Goodbody sales trading head to lead Dublin hubGarret Ward will join Numis in new year; Goodbody likely to name replacement soonSat Dec 04 2021 - 06:19
Yew Grove investor Quanta backs off making rival bidProperty investor had signalled possible counter-offerFri Dec 03 2021 - 17:40
Dole plc earnings drop 35% in third quarter as inflation bitesTransport and labour costs exacerbated by weak international market for fresh vegFri Dec 03 2021 - 12:44
AIB plans sale of €750m of commercial property loansPortfolio likely to be marketed in first half of 2022Thu Dec 02 2021 - 17:01
Bank of Ireland fined €24.5m over IT flawsCentral Bank said IT service continuity provision was inadequateThu Dec 02 2021 - 16:05
Ulster Bank briefs rivals on account closure plans ahead of exitClose to a million personal accounts affected by withdrawalThu Dec 02 2021 - 12:45
More non-bank lenders will enter market – mortgage chiefShare of mortgage drawdowns from broker channel has grown to 40.7%, AIMA saysMon Nov 29 2021 - 07:51
Liquidators of Wirecard’s Irish arm focus fraud investigation on four key areasLiquidators have completed two reports on Dublin firm’s collapseMon Nov 29 2021 - 06:37
Oyster tipped to sell part of HealthBeacon stake in IPOBill McCabe’s firm is medtech player’s largest shareholder with 17% stake worth €12.8mMon Nov 29 2021 - 05:00
First-time buyers 30 and under draw down less than 25% of new mortgagesBorrowers aged 35 and over account for greatest share of drawdowns, BPFI report showsThu Nov 25 2021 - 00:27
