Irish plcs spend almost €2bn buying back their own shares in 2019CRH leads way, spending €900m this year, followed by Greencore and RyanairFri Dec 27 2019 - 17:45
AIB warns about Brexit trade talk risks in bond documentUK’s withdrawal from the EU may also have an impact on labour market conditions in IrelandFri Dec 27 2019 - 16:39
2019 sees Brexit deliver new banking giant as domestic lenders quiverTracker scandal rumbles on as domestic banks move to sell off problem mortgage portfoliosFri Dec 27 2019 - 05:24
Savvi credit union says breaches behind fine ‘firmly in the past’State’s second-largest credit union heralds easing of lending restrictions as ‘transformative’Tue Dec 24 2019 - 02:45
European shares dip in listless market as traders eye Christmas breakMarkets report: A 4.9% decline for Italian infrastructure group Atlantia pressured the wider country indexMon Dec 23 2019 - 18:11
Unpublicised dropping of Michael Fingleton case an affront to taxpayersInquiry into the octogenarian was quietly terminated last Friday due to his ill-healthMon Dec 23 2019 - 17:48
Dilosk loan book nears €650m after swing into profitCompany led by Fergal McGrath sees interest income from its buy-to-let business growSat Dec 21 2019 - 06:15
African veteran’s devotion to Tullow stock may make him its saviourMarket Beat: Spurned Kerry take comfort as IFF-DuPont love-in gets off to shaky startFri Dec 20 2019 - 15:43
AIB lures Tesco Ireland executive to chief people officer roleAppointment leaves the bank with a gender-balanced leadership for the first timeFri Dec 20 2019 - 06:47
FOMO grips stock investors as bull market lives on borrowed timeThere is no shortage of potential banana skins facing equity markets, according to analystsFri Dec 20 2019 - 05:39
KBC Bank Ireland appoints chief commercial officerJo Reynaerts previously worked in digital transformation for parent bankWed Dec 18 2019 - 16:19
Aidan Williams named as new Nama chairmanFinancial industry veteran succeeds Frank DalyWed Dec 18 2019 - 10:49
Competition authority’s motor insurance inquiry at ‘advanced stage’CCPC initiated its inquiry in Sept 2016 – around the time motor coverage costs hit a high pointWed Dec 18 2019 - 04:45
Bank stocks rattled by UK capital and Brexit concernsSentiment towards sector dented as Johnson puts threat of no-deal Brexit back on tableTue Dec 17 2019 - 19:28
European shares drop on fresh Brexit fears and Unilever sales warningIseq index loses 1.3 per cent as bank stocks retreatTue Dec 17 2019 - 18:34
Credit Union numbers fall by 40% amid income strugglesCombined membership totals 3.4m with assets of €18.3bnTue Dec 17 2019 - 13:03
African oil executive builds up 7% stake in Tullow OilSamuel Dossou-Aworet co-founded Energy Africa, which Tullow Oil bought in 2004Tue Dec 17 2019 - 11:23
Ulster Bank paying €500m dividend to Royal Bank of ScotlandTotal of €3.5bn repaid via dividends to parent RBS since late 2016 - almost 20% cent of £15m bailout it receivedTue Dec 17 2019 - 10:08
Financial markets forget they first cast Boris as a Brexit bogeymanThe markets are basking now in the afterglow of a Johnson electoral triumph. But for how long?Fri Dec 13 2019 - 15:04
Central Bank warns on Dublin’s €78bn company loans hubIreland could get caught in an international financial shock if corporate default rates spikeFri Dec 13 2019 - 11:59
Draghi says Europe must pull together as Trump targets WTOEU will toughen own laws to counteract loss of WTO’s appellate board, says Phil HoganFri Dec 13 2019 - 11:55
Irish shares hit 12-year high on ‘Boris bounce’State’s two main banks add up to €1.3bn to their market during tradingFri Dec 13 2019 - 09:19
Bank of Ireland mobile app rollout delayedNew mobile app will be rolled out on phased basis in 2020, bank saysThu Dec 12 2019 - 06:15
Moody’s lowers outlook for Irish banks on profit worriesDebt ratings agency cites ultra-low central bank interest rates, Brexit and levels of non-performing loansTue Dec 10 2019 - 12:53
Urbeo commits €400m to build-to-rent deals in first yearCompany says goal is to build €1 billion portfolio of assets in IrelandTue Dec 10 2019 - 05:38
Open Orphan to merge with UK-based Hvivo in £30m tie-upDeal values Hvivo at £12.96m, with its shareholders owning 44.7% of enlarged companyMon Dec 09 2019 - 17:18
Mainstream taps Rothschild for equity partner searchEddie O’Connor owns 55% of companyMon Dec 09 2019 - 15:32
Kerry enlists Goldman to help seal largest Iseq company dealIrish food group leading contender for $25bn DuPont nutrition businessMon Dec 09 2019 - 10:31
NTMA to borrow less next year as it focuses on paying down debtAgency sold €15.4bn of long-term bonds this year, at the lower end of its full-year targetMon Dec 09 2019 - 10:27
Tullow shares plunge to 20-year low as CEO quits amid guidance cutIrish-founded oil exploration group tells analysts it’s open to offers ‘at proper value’Mon Dec 09 2019 - 10:04
Oil majors likely to court Eddie O’Connor’s MainstreamRenewables group plans multibillion dollar, multigigawatt construction programmeMon Dec 09 2019 - 07:28
Housebuilding contracts for first time since 2013, survey findsSlippage in residential activity at odds with official data, says Ulster BankMon Dec 09 2019 - 05:06
Election avoided, but Donohoe still drawing battle linesMinister’s plan for State finances involves doing bare minimumFri Dec 06 2019 - 15:24
‘Vulture’ funds file 35 authorisation applications with Central BankNew law requires owners of Irish mortgages to be regulatedThu Dec 05 2019 - 16:18
Makhlouf promises KBC chief Central Bank ‘will continue to be annoying’Johan Thijs had bemoaned the regulator’s continued focus on the tracker scandalThu Dec 05 2019 - 12:15
Irish bank stocks rise on debt ratings upgradesPermanent TSB, AIB and Bank of Ireland all benefitThu Dec 05 2019 - 10:10
Central Bank’s unchanged mortgage rules ‘fuelling rental trap’Calls from politicians and bankers to loosen contentious lending caps resisted by governorThu Dec 05 2019 - 02:55
Datalex interim losses narrow from restated first-half 2018 figuresTravel retail software provider disclosed accounting irregularities earlier this yearWed Dec 04 2019 - 18:47
European shares rise as Trump says China talks going ‘very well’Markets report: Banking stocks main gainers in Dublin amid increasing optimism the UK will avoid a no-deal BrexitWed Dec 04 2019 - 18:28
Makhlouf orders ‘deep dive’ review of Irish property fundsCentral Bank estimates that Irish-resident funds hold 35% of Irish commercial property assetsWed Dec 04 2019 - 17:03
Mortgage limits left unchanged as more households borrow to the maxBank estimates house prices would have been 26% higher if the rules had not been in placeWed Dec 04 2019 - 13:45
Ulster Bank to cull 175 manager positions in cost-cutting planBank confirms voluntary severance scheme will be targeted at quarter of manager rolesWed Dec 04 2019 - 10:54
Donohoe sets out budget surplus and debt-reduction targetsMinister warns of ‘clear and present danger’ of fall-off in corporation tax receiptsTue Dec 03 2019 - 20:04
Socially responsible companies are less volatile – Bank of America executiveFewer bankruptcies at firms with strong ESG stances says bank’s vice-chair Anne FinucaneTue Dec 03 2019 - 19:32
Irish corporation tax to beat forecast by €700m in November, Minister saysPaschal Donohoe expects a surplus of €1.4 billion in cash termsTue Dec 03 2019 - 15:07
Gabriel Makhlouf is right to shine a spotlight on the IFSCMarket Watch: Republic is world’s sixth-biggest jurisdiction for ‘shadow banking’Fri Nov 29 2019 - 15:57
Denis O’Brien faces pressure to inject equity into DigicelBusinessman faces renewed calls to commit cash having refused request last yearFri Nov 29 2019 - 05:14
The ‘quacking ducks’ Denis O’Brien stuffed with Digicel debt wait in the reedsCrisis in one of Digicel’s biggest markets adds to pressure on the company from bond marketsFri Nov 29 2019 - 05:10
Lane says ageing populations are depressing interest ratesECB chief economist says emerging economies are also increasingly putting their currency reserves into low-risk assetsThu Nov 28 2019 - 21:35
CRH shares hit new high on €4.15bn earnings forecastBuilding materials giant has spent €700m on acquisition deals so far this yearTue Nov 26 2019 - 17:49
