Ardagh eyes flotation by end-March after 24% earnings jumpEarnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation rise to €1.16bnThu Feb 23 2017 - 17:57
Eir to refinance €1.6bn of loans to secure cheaper fundingDebt facility has been in place since group emerged from examinership in 2012Thu Feb 23 2017 - 17:16
RSA Ireland losses widen on setting aside £50m for prior-year accidentsInsurer targets return to Irish operating profitability this year after £42 million lossThu Feb 23 2017 - 16:44
How Glanbia might become a target after co-op dealAnalysts tip Glanbia as ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ opportunity for Japanese food giantWed Feb 22 2017 - 18:04
Glanbia revives plans to sell control of Dairy Ireland to farmers co-opCo-op to sell and distribute €155m in shares, cutting Glanbia stake to 31.5%Wed Feb 22 2017 - 10:41
UK watchdog fines three former RSA Insurance Ireland staffPenalties follow investigation into accounting scandal revealed in 2013Wed Feb 22 2017 - 08:07
Green Reit sees Brexit leases being signed by end of yearCompany’s net asset value rises 4.2% on higher rent rollTue Feb 21 2017 - 19:21
Kerry chief Stan McCarthy sees up to €1bn of deals as he exitsTop spot occupied since 2008 to be filled by firm’s Asia boss Edmond ScanlonTue Feb 21 2017 - 17:26
Kerry adds dash of eastern promise to leadership formulaAnalysis: Food giant elevates Asia-Pacific expert and Kerry ‘lifer’ Edmond ScanlonTue Feb 21 2017 - 12:55
AIB chairman warns Noonan of pay-cap risks post-BrexitAIB pressed to pay ‘progressive’ dividends to drive valuationTue Feb 21 2017 - 05:00
Post-Apple tax code review opens to public consultationAnalysis has gained importance in light of Brexit, Trump and EU plans, experts sayMon Feb 20 2017 - 19:18
Dundrum village may get new residential unitsEstimated rental value of Dundrum Town Centre expected to rise to €90m by 2021Mon Feb 20 2017 - 19:16
Apple says EU made ‘fundamental errors’iPhone maker accuses commission of trying to ‘redesign Ireland’s corporate tax system’Mon Feb 20 2017 - 18:59
Bank of America planning to add 100 jobs to Irish operationsUS banking giant set to expand key operations hub in DublinMon Feb 20 2017 - 05:00
Unilever share jump offset drops in Euro banks and commoditiesKingspan falls 1.7% on Iseq as group cites challenges keeping growth going in 2017Sat Feb 18 2017 - 18:57
Ardagh poised to press ahead with €5bn flotationPaul Coulson has been eyeing IPO of glass and metal containers group since 2011Sat Feb 18 2017 - 06:30
Aryzta’s European bakeries chief latest top executive to quitHilliard Lombard and Patrick Coveney among those mentioned as candidates to replace Owen KillianSat Feb 18 2017 - 06:30
McCabe fallout: Financial analysts unfazed at prospect of new electionPolitical instability in Ireland viewed as minor compared to European neighboursFri Feb 17 2017 - 06:30
Blackstone’s top Irish executive prepares to leaveAlan Kerr joined US group’s credit unit in 2012 through sale of firm he co-foundedFri Feb 17 2017 - 06:28
Enda Kenny refuses to say when he will stand downLeo Varadkar says Taoiseach will know the right time to resign as Fine Gael leaderThu Feb 16 2017 - 20:28
Fyffes takeover crosses final hurdle with High Court approvalJapanese group Sumitomo Corporation gets go ahead for €751m takeoverThu Feb 16 2017 - 18:14
Central Bank sells further €500m of Anglo Irish-linked bondsDebt stems from complex 2013 restructuring of State bailout of failed bankThu Feb 16 2017 - 17:18
Fyffes melon workers’ dispute escalates as takeover completesIrish company will present its case as High Court approves Japanese purchaseThu Feb 16 2017 - 14:48
State-backed infrastructure fund to invest in primary care centresIrish Infrastructure Fund buys two centres and plans to own up to 20 in near termWed Feb 15 2017 - 12:46
Falcon investors cheer Australian gas exploration resultsShares in oil and gas explorer surge 60% as report points to ‘material’ gas resourceWed Feb 15 2017 - 11:09
Aryzta shares soar as Killian and other top executives quitTroubled times for Swiss-Irish food group as it also evaluates Picard investmentWed Feb 15 2017 - 06:51
European stocks complete longest streak of rises since OctoberDublin bucks upward trend as Iseq heavyweight CRH falls 2%Tue Feb 14 2017 - 21:25
Aryzta CEO to lose out on stock options granted last yearOwen Killian received 410,000 stock options in same week he was forced to sell sharesTue Feb 14 2017 - 21:04
Irish bond rate converges with France on ‘Frexit’ fearsFrench and Irish 10-year bond yields meet at just over 1%Tue Feb 14 2017 - 19:55
Grafton chairman Michael Roney picked to chair NextNext shares have fallen 21% so far this year following profit warningTue Feb 14 2017 - 12:34
Oisín Fanning’s San Leon receives second Chinese approachOil company informed market before Christmas of initial indicative €422m bidSat Feb 11 2017 - 05:15
Irish firm in talks to buy up to 2,000 distressed mortgagesArizun secures €750m for ‘mortgage-to-rent’ scheme planSat Feb 11 2017 - 01:00
KBC only interested in Irish deals with 100% ownershipInsurers FBD and RSA Ireland may attract Belgian bank’s attention, Investec saysFri Feb 10 2017 - 15:40
Investment firm seeks €150m to buy distressed Irish mortgagesMerrion Capital targets loans for ‘mortgage-to-rent’ schemeFri Feb 10 2017 - 01:00
KBC signals interest in Irish deals as it commits to marketBanking giant says it will make Republic one of its ‘core countries’ following profit surgeThu Feb 09 2017 - 19:09
NTMA hits top end of range with €1.25bn bond saleEuropean bond markets have been rattled by political uncertainty of lateThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:42
KBC sets aside money to compensate overcharged mortgage customersCentral Bank estimates up to 15,000 borrowers hit by industry-wide overchargingThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:55
Eir gets two credit rating upgrades in 24 hoursMoody’s and Fitch continue rating telecoms group’s debt below investment gradeThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:10
KBC decision bodes well for AIB’s stock market plansBelgian bank’s commitment to Ireland is boost for sale of State’s 25% stake in AIBThu Feb 09 2017 - 07:33
Smurfit Kappa raises dividend by 20% on record earningsShares in group climb by as much as 3.6% in Dublin to €25.78Wed Feb 08 2017 - 17:59
Ryanair set to buy further 100 Boeing 737 Max aircraftAirline cashes in on low interest rates by borrowing €750m in its third bond issueWed Feb 08 2017 - 13:31
Nama redeems further €1.1bn of senior bondsAgency has paid back 95 per cent of debt owed to banks for loans bought during crisisWed Feb 08 2017 - 13:17
Tullow Oil nears end of tidying up after $4bn of write-offsOil group focuses this year on deleveraging and refinancing $3.3bn banks facilityWed Feb 08 2017 - 13:16
Central Bank concerned over Gibraltar ‘passporting’ car insurersRegulator expresses concern to EU authority over British territory’s approval of insurersTue Feb 07 2017 - 19:00
UDG shares soar on forecast of up to 16% earnings growthSome 20% of shareholders vote against directors’ remuneration report at agmTue Feb 07 2017 - 17:10
ECB purchases of Irish bonds fall 45% as limits biteAbout €19 billion of Irish government bonds estimated to be held by ECBTue Feb 07 2017 - 10:59
Newry’s First Derivatives looks beyond Wall Street for growthPartnership with UK investment firm will employ database tool in various sectorsTue Feb 07 2017 - 08:59
DCC to buy Esso’s filling stations in Norway for €273.5mFTSE 100 company says third-quarter operating profit strongly ahead of the prior yearTue Feb 07 2017 - 07:15
Kurdish hacker hits scores of Irish websitesThe National Treasury Management Agency website is shut down all day on MondayTue Feb 07 2017 - 04:38
Anti-Isis Kurdish hacker targets NTMA websiteState’s debt office took website offline ‘as soon as unauthorised access was detected’Mon Feb 06 2017 - 13:44
