Finance sector urges Central Bank to stop ‘gold-plating’ EU rules and be given competition mandateThis is likely to be strongly resisted by the regulatorTue Sept 02 2025 - 05:00
Central Bank confirms it will no longer approve sale of Israeli ‘war bonds’Use of Irish prospectus to market Israel bonds has been hugely controversialMon Sept 01 2025 - 11:12
Irish manufacturing growth slows in August, data showsSeveral Irish firms cited the UK as a key source of weakness for goods ordersMon Sept 01 2025 - 07:24
Future of Trump tariffs in US supreme court’s hands The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Sept 01 2025 - 06:36
Manner of Datalex’s exit from stock market a final insult for loyal shareholdersDelisting comes just as company is showing real signs of lifeSat Aug 30 2025 - 06:00
European shares fall as UK banks rattled by levy fearsDublin market slides 0.9% to end week Fri Aug 29 2025 - 18:13
Irish household deposits rise €1.3bn in July driven by on-demand accountsFlows into term savings accounts with agreed maturity of up to two years easing, says Central BankFri Aug 29 2025 - 16:00
Waterland to buy majority of Cruinn Diagnostics in deal worth ‘north of €50m’Waterland Ireland has invested in five so-called platform companies here since 2019Fri Aug 29 2025 - 06:00
ICG earnings top estimates as strong containers business offsets passengers dip Passenger revenues rise despite Holyhead disruption after winter storm damage and reduction in sailings on Dover-Calais routeThu Aug 28 2025 - 10:26
Pension auto-enrolment: Firms urged to move staff onto workplace schemes ahead of December deadlineDepartment of Finance to issue auto-enrolment instructions in early DecemberThu Aug 28 2025 - 06:00
Malin’s assets fall on Poseida sale and downgrade to key remaining investmentLife sciences investment group returned €150m to shareholders earlier this year after Poseida deal as it continues to wind down activityWed Aug 27 2025 - 09:14
Dalata first half revenues edge 1% higher as new openings offset lower room ratesHotel group agreed in July to be bought by a Nordic consortium for €1.4bnWed Aug 27 2025 - 07:39
Former National Lottery boss Dermot Griffin to lead pension auto-enrolment agencyNew scheme subject to several delays over the years, but is now set to take effect in JanuaryWed Aug 27 2025 - 06:00
Residential construction falls 5.4% in year to second quarter, says Central Statistics Office Latest data follow 10.6% annual decline previously reported by statistics agency for first quarterTue Aug 26 2025 - 18:59
European shares drop on French political and US Fed independence concernsIseq All-Share index slips as banks out of sortsTue Aug 26 2025 - 18:25
Aviva Stadium caterer Compass Ireland serves up 53% operating profit increaseSales grow at a faster pace than production and running costs and is ‘well positioned for a more focused growth phase’, management saysTue Aug 26 2025 - 10:39
Irish consumer confidence picks up after Trump tariff deal, survey findsHowever, living costs continue to be ‘a painful and persistent difficulty’ for many Irish householdsTue Aug 26 2025 - 05:00
Karl Deeter-led mortgage and insurance fintech sold to UK plc in up to €9m dealDeal involves an initial €5m being paid for 95% of Dublin-based Artificial Intelligence Finance Tue Aug 05 2025 - 16:22
Pepper says 13% of mortgages managed for funds refinanced over 19 monthsFirm says loans were typically refinanced by borrowers switching to another lender or selling their home Mon Aug 04 2025 - 06:00
Bank of Ireland and other motor lenders secure big win in UK supreme court on historic loan commissionsBank of Ireland, which has 2% market share, was among lenders previously thought to face compensation bills of up to £40bn Fri Aug 01 2025 - 17:59
AIB shares fall 5% on weak loan growth and lack of special investor payment Net interest income decreased by 10 per cent year-on-year to €1.87mFri Aug 01 2025 - 07:21
Goldman Sachs buys key interests in over €1bn of mortgages issued by Finance IrelandLoans were originally financed by UK investment firm M&GFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:00
PTSB says it remains on course for 2026 dividend despite 38% fall in profit Fall in net interest income and rising costs hit bottom line despite growth in loans and deposits Thu Jul 31 2025 - 07:35
Smurfit Westrock still sees up to $5.2bn of 2025 earnings even as tariffs weighCompany posts $1.2bn of Ebitda in second quarterWed Jul 30 2025 - 12:52
Datalex to raise €6m in debt and quit Irish stock market Shares in Datalex have slumped about 85% since the group was hit by an accounting scandal in early 2019 and then the pandemicWed Jul 30 2025 - 08:06
Hostelworld bookings pick up in summer after slow start to yearDublin-based group aims to return to a progressive dividend policy of 20-40% of net profitsWed Jul 30 2025 - 07:46
Bank of Ireland shares fall on US deals business hit by loan lossesLender gets little credit for improved interest incomeTue Jul 29 2025 - 16:41
CRH to buy US group Eco Material for $2.1bn US company uses materials like fly ash, a byproduct of coal combustion, to partly replace cement in the construction sectorTue Jul 29 2025 - 14:10
Bank of Ireland to cut 260 jobs as first-half profit falls amid tariff-related impairment charge Lower interest rates trim bank’s net interest income though not by as much as expected and lender maintains medium-term targetsTue Jul 29 2025 - 07:45
Paul Coulson: The high-wire financier who cut his teeth restructuring the Trinity Ball Irish financier to leave business he built upTue Jul 29 2025 - 06:00
Paul Coulson to get €108m payment from Ardagh creditors to cede control of group Debt restructuring will see senior unsecured bondholders and holders of high-risk PIK notes swap $4.2bn of debt for equity in Ardagh GroupMon Jul 28 2025 - 10:41
Dublin-listed Aquila European Renewables hits hurdle winding down AER floated in 2019 and had a wind, solar and hydro power portfolio with a capacity of 435MWs across Scandinavia, Greece, Spain and Portugal Mon Jul 28 2025 - 09:04
More than half of Irish estate agents see house prices levelling off soon The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:30
Irish house prices will rise 5% in next year then level off, say estate agents Irish residential property prices have soared almost 165% from their post-crisis lows in 2013Mon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Goodbody Stockbrokers boosts investment banking with senior hiresAppointments seen as vote of confidence from AIB, which bought the company four years agoMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Albert Manifold will not indulge sacred cows or ‘box ticking’ as incoming BP chairmanFormer CRH boss faces myriad of issues at UK oil majorSat Jul 26 2025 - 06:00
European shares close lower as investors eye EU-US trade talks Iseq All-Share index ended the session slightly upFri Jul 25 2025 - 18:01
What do Ireland’s best paid chief executives earn? Top executives’ average pay package rose by 31 per cent to €4.36m last yearFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Coulson nears $300m deal to walk away from debt-laden Ardagh Debt restructuring talks with bondholders reach pivotal pointThu Jul 24 2025 - 15:43
ECB holds rates as Trump tariff talks go to the wireUS President Donald Trump has threatened to triple a basic tariff on imports from the EU to 30 per cent if Brussels does not cut a deal by August 1stThu Jul 24 2025 - 13:15
Avant loan book remains at €4bn as deposits offering awaitedAvant’s mortgage book expanded by 22 per cent to €3 billion in the 12 months to the end of JuneThu Jul 24 2025 - 07:18
Government likely to delay VAT reduction for hospitality sector until mid-2026 Potential for lower rate of 9% to be extended only to hospitality and not accommodationThu Jul 24 2025 - 06:00
Government’s spending overruns amount to ‘poor planning’, Fiscal Council saysBudgetary watchdog assails Government’s projectionsWed Jul 23 2025 - 17:19
Irish Life pays €1.85bn of dividends in dozen years under Canadian ownershipPayouts overtake €1.3bn paid for business in 2013Wed Jul 23 2025 - 15:14
AIB calls eligible staff into office three days a weekLender will have tightest hybrid working rules among Irish retail banksTue Jul 22 2025 - 14:29
Central Bank promotes enforcement head to deputy governor postColm Kincaid is currently its head of enforcement and will oversee consumer and investment protectionTue Jul 22 2025 - 11:07
Flutter deal with Native Americans in California may get Murdoch off reservation Rupert Murdoch’s Fox has an option to buy about 19% of FanDuelSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
European shares close little changed as Ryanair drops in DublinLondon extends winning streak to fourth weekFri Jul 18 2025 - 18:26
Digicel eyes €2bn refinancing as junk bond yields slideDenis O’Brien-founded firm has hired JP Morgan to organise measureFri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
Serial dealmaker Cathal Friel: ‘It’s important not to hand easy money to the next generation’The Raglan Capital boss on his career and why he keeps doing deals into his 60sFri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
