Tullow Oil eyes $7bn of cash over decade amid Ghana focusExplorer’s new CEO seeks to convince investors it can manage $3 billion debtWed Nov 25 2020 - 08:14
CRH eyes return to acquisitions and mergers in 2021Irish building materials giant prepares to take €674m impairment charge on mainly UK and Chinese assetsTue Nov 24 2020 - 19:01
Liberty Insurance names new CEO as Tom McIlduff moves to AA IrelandJuan Miguel Estallo has worked for Liberty’s Spanish-based parent for the past 13 yearsMon Nov 23 2020 - 18:00
EU watchdog resists calls to revisit payment breaksEBA says it must ensure the credibility of banks’ balance sheet data is not jeopardisedMon Nov 23 2020 - 17:52
Goldman Sachs advises NatWest on Ulster Bank reviewNatWest is said to be actively considering winding down Irish unitMon Nov 23 2020 - 04:42
Hospitality businesses call for reopening to give ‘final lifeline’ to sectorMore than 470 businesses in the ‘experience’ industry sign open letter to TaoiseachMon Nov 23 2020 - 01:25
Ireland’s top 20 Iseq companies have highest ratio of female CEOs globallyReport highlights under-representation of women at top of corporate ladderMon Nov 23 2020 - 01:00
‘You don’t want to be running your economy and society for bond investors’Ireland should prepare for a recession or crisis every decade, says NTMA chiefSat Nov 21 2020 - 05:39
Tullow Oil’s new boss faces difficult pitch to win over investors next weekPlus, time to forget Goodbody’s €150m price tagFri Nov 20 2020 - 17:35
Aryzta likely to reject fresh Elliott bid worth €735mNews of approach came less than 24 hours after Kevin Toland quit as chief executiveFri Nov 20 2020 - 12:15
Smurfit Kappa raises €660m in share sale amid surge in ecommerceCardboard box-maker poised to take advantage of shift to sustainable packagingFri Nov 20 2020 - 11:52
Datalex hikes earnings forecast on back of Chinese airline dealsTroubled travel softare business trebles projections on full-year profitsFri Nov 20 2020 - 09:45
Glenveagh executive follows ex-CEO Bickle in new ventureShane Scully exits housebuilding company and becomes Postbridge Capital partnerFri Nov 20 2020 - 05:30
AIB in exclusive talks to buy back Goodbody StockbrokersBank preferred bidder for brokerage it sold after taxpayer bailoutFri Nov 20 2020 - 02:46
Digicel seeks to chip away at bonds carrying claim to stake in groupNotes due to convert into Digicel stake in 2023Thu Nov 19 2020 - 15:14
NTMA sells €750m of short-term debt at near-record negative rateTreasury Bills priced to carry minus 0.57% yieldThu Nov 19 2020 - 11:07
PTSB sells €125m of riskiest bonds amid market reboundLender benefits from lower interest rate as Covid-19 vaccine optimism lifts sentimentWed Nov 18 2020 - 19:29
Think a vaccine will nuke Covid? Check out analysts forecasts for Pfizer up to 2030Market Watch: Pharma giant is spinning off a host of off-patent drugs, including ViagraFri Nov 13 2020 - 19:33
Ulster Bank chairman quits after two months ‘for personal reasons’Chief executive says it has nothing to do with review being carried out by parent NatWestFri Nov 13 2020 - 16:24
Cardinal Capital to buy Mowlam Healthcare for over €50mTransaction will see the care homes group’s controlling shareholders sell most of their stakeFri Nov 13 2020 - 15:28
Stock markets dial B for Biden and rejoice at vaccine newsflashAll eyes on how and when governments unwind extraordinary economic supportsFri Nov 13 2020 - 12:22
Embattled Aryzta hires advisers to help it offload unwanted assetsBaked goods group’s troubled North American unit likely to be high on list for disposalThu Nov 12 2020 - 18:36
KBC Ireland mortgage lending soars 67% in third quarterLender dealt with highest ever number of applications as economy reopenedThu Nov 12 2020 - 07:52
Irish banks ‘ready’ for bad loans spike as EU warns sectorLenders advised to prepare for real impact of Covid-19 when payment breaks wear offWed Nov 11 2020 - 17:40
PTSB to cut 300 jobs in cost-saving driveAIB, Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland also reducing numbersFri Nov 06 2020 - 17:09
How Anne Heraty managed to get a record price for CPLRecruitment firms’s position in multinational market pays off despite economic woeFri Nov 06 2020 - 15:25
Bank of Ireland chief vows not to use Covid excuse as crisis drags onFrancesca McDonagh expects pandemic to continue to affect economy into 2021Fri Nov 06 2020 - 13:30
First Citizen Finance raises €176m to fund more car loans next yearIrish company had forecast new car lending to rise 10% this year, but now expects 10% declineFri Nov 06 2020 - 04:50
Irish energy trading firm eyes fast-growing Japanese power marketMitsubishi Corporation acquired 60% stake in ElectroRoute in 2016 for an undisclosed sumFri Nov 06 2020 - 04:00
Accounting watchdog warns firms against ‘boilerplate’ Covid notesAuditing & accounting supervisory authority notes ‘diversity of quality of reporting’Thu Nov 05 2020 - 05:11
Euronext Dublin profits soar to €17.2m after staff cutsStock exchange is world leader for listing debt instruments but fees from shares fallWed Nov 04 2020 - 17:27
CPL agrees €318m takeover by Japan’s Outsourcing IncRecruitment group’s founder CEO Anne Heraty and husband set for €110.9m pay dayWed Nov 04 2020 - 07:42
Smurfit Kappa shares jump on robust results and dividendCardboard box-maker forecasts full-year earnings will decline as much as 11.5%Wed Nov 04 2020 - 07:36
Aryzta activist investors seek to continue board overhaulCobas, Lodbrook propose not to re-elect four members to board of Swiss-Irish food groupTue Nov 03 2020 - 17:40
PTSB’s Covid-19 loan loss provisions rise to €87mBank continues to monitor impact of Covid-19 on borrowersTue Nov 03 2020 - 16:03
Legal bills eat up a third of motor injury settlements, data showsMotor insurance premiums fell 9% last year from mid-2018 after 66% surge over five yearsTue Nov 03 2020 - 06:15
Irish insurers’ motor profits surge 9% to €142m, Central Bank saysCost of insurance claims fell to 59% of motor premiums in 2019 from 92% peak in 2014Tue Nov 03 2020 - 05:04
AIB aiming for ‘green lending’ to account for 70% of new customers by 2030Bank to lend for renewable energy projects, energy-efficient homes and electric vehiclesMon Nov 02 2020 - 17:22
Irish homeowners must see rates relief if they make it through Covid turmoilMortgage holders in Ireland repay €80,500 more than the EU average on a €300,000 mortgage over 30 yearsFri Oct 30 2020 - 15:55
INBS failed to check major property clients’ ability to repay, inquiry hearsPublic hearings into defunct lender resume after Covid-19 delayFri Oct 30 2020 - 15:00
NatWest CEO declines to give timeline for Ulster Bank decisionAlison Rose reiterates bank is continuing to review the strategy of its Irish armFri Oct 30 2020 - 08:31
AIB reports better than expected results in face of CovidBank is preparing plans for ‘future shape’ of business by year-endFri Oct 30 2020 - 07:46
AIB signals confidence as it moves to redeem €750m of junior bondsLender moves to buy back notes carrying 4.13% interest at first possible opportunityThu Oct 29 2020 - 13:47
Grafton Street landlord cuts high street property values by 26%Covid-19 has decimated retail trading in the city centreThu Oct 29 2020 - 05:00
Bank of Ireland takes €169m charge for 1,700 job cutsCustomers on payment breaks drop to 20% of original 106,000 payment holidays grantedWed Oct 28 2020 - 07:41
EU bank watchdog may need to revisit payment breaksFurther economic decline due to Covid-19 could warrant loan flexibility, ECB saysTue Oct 27 2020 - 18:52
Saudi Arabia’s Zahid increases stake in Dalata Hotels to almost 10%Holding is worth €54m based on current market pricesTue Oct 27 2020 - 17:11
CRH sells Brazilian cement business for $218mIrish building materials giant is reducing its footprint in emerging markets, says analystTue Oct 27 2020 - 08:16
PTSB plays down Ulster Bank talk as it sells €1.4bn of loansBuyer of the mortgages, Citigroup, will refinance the buy-to-let loans on bond marketTue Oct 27 2020 - 07:28
Some Irish money market funds came close to danger in MarchInvestors withdrew 10% of €574bn of assets at height of Covid-19 global financial shockMon Oct 26 2020 - 04:45
