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O’Callaghan backs down on plan for 17% rise in personal injury awards

O’Callaghan backs down on plan for 17% rise in personal injury awards

Minister for Justice warns that judges may ignore decision, encouraging more people to bypass Personal Injuries Resolution Board

Wed Jul 09 2025 - 14:13
DCC seen getting £633m for tech unit – over a third lower than some initial estimates

DCC seen getting £633m for tech unit – over a third lower than some initial estimates

Weak results for division and mounting concerns about the impact on key US business of tariffs and cautious consumers prompt downgrades

Wed Jul 09 2025 - 10:48
Private equity firm behind 3,000 jobs in Ireland raises €1bn for new fund

Private equity firm behind 3,000 jobs in Ireland raises €1bn for new fund

Exponent’s Irish investments include Chanelle Pharma, Ethos Engineering and Kingsbridge Healthcare

Wed Jul 09 2025 - 10:31
Specialist property lenders cut small business loans most sharply during market shocks, says Central Bank

Specialist property lenders cut small business loans most sharply during market shocks, says Central Bank

Period covered includes Covid-19 pandemic and inflation spike

Tue Jul 08 2025 - 13:37
UK watchdog starts scrutiny of Greencore’s £1.2bn Bakkavor deal

UK watchdog starts scrutiny of Greencore’s £1.2bn Bakkavor deal

Competition and Markets Authority invites comments on deal by July 22nd as part of a phase one inquiry into transaction

Tue Jul 08 2025 - 11:13
Paul Coulson faces last stand in battle to retain control of Ardagh

Paul Coulson faces last stand in battle to retain control of Ardagh

Bondholders have offered Coulson and other investors $250m to hand over total control of the empire

Sat Jun 28 2025 - 06:00
US treasury asks Congress to scrap foreign revenge tax in Trump bill

US treasury asks Congress to scrap foreign revenge tax in Trump bill

Irish tax experts say decision to back away from section 899 provision and relaxation of OECD second pillar rules are welcome

Fri Jun 27 2025 - 10:26
Datalex ‘continues to explore funding options’ as fresh Desmond backstop looms

Datalex ‘continues to explore funding options’ as fresh Desmond backstop looms

Billionaire had been a consistent provider of finance since the company was rocked in 2019 by an accounting scandal and, subsequently, the Covid-19 pandemic

Fri Jun 27 2025 - 06:00
Crypto trading exchange Kraken secures EU-wide licence from Central Bank

Crypto trading exchange Kraken secures EU-wide licence from Central Bank

It is the first licence that the Irish watchdog has issued under the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation

Thu Jun 26 2025 - 18:06
Why have oil prices not soared in wake of Israel and US bombing Iran?

Why have oil prices not soared in wake of Israel and US bombing Iran?

Markets have priced in that the worst of the Iran-Israel conflict is behind us and there will be no oil supply shocks

Thu Jun 26 2025 - 10:55
Minister to bring memo to Cabinet on plan to raise personal injury awards by almost 17%

Minister to bring memo to Cabinet on plan to raise personal injury awards by almost 17%

Planned blanket hike of 16.7% has been met with resistance from insurers and business lobby groups

Thu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00
William Fry in talks to hire some Eversheds partners after failed merger talks

William Fry in talks to hire some Eversheds partners after failed merger talks

Number of Eversheds Ireland staff also expected to join new Eversheds Sutherland (International) practice

Thu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00
Uniphar ‘needs up to €150m of deals’ to hit growth target

Uniphar ‘needs up to €150m of deals’ to hit growth target

Analysts at broker Deutsche Numis cut rating on Uniphar to hold from buy

Wed Jun 25 2025 - 06:00
European shares advance on Israel-Iran ceasefire

European shares advance on Israel-Iran ceasefire

Iseq All-Share index jumped 1.9 per cent with Ryanair standing out as a strong feature

Tue Jun 24 2025 - 17:58
Irish businessman Gary Quin’s new Spac enters tie-up with bitcoin treasury firm

Irish businessman Gary Quin’s new Spac enters tie-up with bitcoin treasury firm

Businessman raised €189m in initial public offering after floating Columbus Circle Capital Corporation

Tue Jun 24 2025 - 11:33
Landlord Ires will not replace exiting board nominee of former activist investor

Landlord Ires will not replace exiting board nominee of former activist investor

Toronto-based Vision Capital had led a failed campaign for Ires to be sold or broken up

Tue Jun 24 2025 - 07:54
Ulster Bank to hand back Irish banking licence at the end of the week

Ulster Bank to hand back Irish banking licence at the end of the week

Unclaimed funds of former customers’ closed accounts and products are held by Ulydien Trustee and can be reclaimed

Mon Jun 23 2025 - 11:03
Paschal Donohoe’s refusal to tackle banker bonus ban is hitting those who bought State’s shares

Paschal Donohoe’s refusal to tackle banker bonus ban is hitting those who bought State’s shares

The Minister for Finance has lifted pay caps at AIB and PTSB, but a 89pc supertax on bonuses remains

Sat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Australian investor sells Irish social housing portfolio at a loss

Australian investor sells Irish social housing portfolio at a loss

Broadstone holds mortgage-to-rent authorisation, which is likely to appeal to certain parties

Sat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
The Irish firms seen as safe from Trump’s planned ‘revenge tax’

The Irish firms seen as safe from Trump’s planned ‘revenge tax’

Foreign companies operating in the US that are majority owned by US investors would not be affected by the special tax

Sat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Nordic group mulls higher offer for Dalata as it buys more shares in Irish hotel chain

Nordic group mulls higher offer for Dalata as it buys more shares in Irish hotel chain

Oslo-based investment firm Eiendomsspar and Swedish hotel company Pandox had €1.3bn bid rejected this month

Fri Jun 20 2025 - 16:16
Former Ires activist Vision to lose one board nominee as it cuts stake below 3%

Former Ires activist Vision to lose one board nominee as it cuts stake below 3%

Two Vision directors appointed after truce at Ireland’s largest listed landlord last year backed board view opposing sale or break-up of business

Fri Jun 20 2025 - 14:00
Applegreen to invest $750m in Massachusetts motorway service stations under 35-year deal

Applegreen to invest $750m in Massachusetts motorway service stations under 35-year deal

US-backed Irish firm will have contract to run restaurants and shops, sell fuel and operate EV charging sites

Fri Jun 20 2025 - 06:00
How AIB, once worth less than its art collection, came back from the brink

How AIB, once worth less than its art collection, came back from the brink

Free of State ownership again, the Irish bank is now hugely profitable, but the legacy of the bailout lingers

Fri Jun 20 2025 - 05:58
Paul Coulson offered $250m to walk away from Ardagh amid crunch debt talks

Paul Coulson offered $250m to walk away from Ardagh amid crunch debt talks

Deal would see businessman cede control of glass and metal containers giant

Thu Jun 19 2025 - 19:04
Kenmare ends takeover talks with former MD and Abu Dhabi firm after they lower bid price

Kenmare ends takeover talks with former MD and Abu Dhabi firm after they lower bid price

Board says revised pricing ‘significantly undervalued’ business and prospects

Thu Jun 19 2025 - 08:21
Energia pays further €40m dividend as New York owner courts bidders

Energia pays further €40m dividend as New York owner courts bidders

Host of firms said to be circling utility business

Wed Jun 18 2025 - 06:00
How AIB went from boom to bust and back again

How AIB went from boom to bust and back again

From the bank guarantee, the executive pay cap to the sale of the last State shares

Tue Jun 17 2025 - 13:46
Donohoe lifts remaining bank pay caps after selling last AIB shares

Donohoe lifts remaining bank pay caps after selling last AIB shares

Irish bank was rescued by State with a €20.8bn bailout post the 2008 crash

Tue Jun 17 2025 - 12:45
State to sell  remaining AIB shares

State to sell remaining AIB shares

Government stake in lender down to about 2%

Mon Jun 16 2025 - 17:28
Business lender Capitalflow secures retail credit licence to expand offering

Business lender Capitalflow secures retail credit licence to expand offering

Move will allow lender’s offering to include car finance and buy-to-let mortgages

Mon Jun 16 2025 - 06:00
Rent reforms will pull up the drawbridge on future renters

Rent reforms will pull up the drawbridge on future renters

Most studies show rent controls depress development

Sat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
Digicel ‘poised to refinance €2bn early’ as it wins highest credit rating in years

Digicel ‘poised to refinance €2bn early’ as it wins highest credit rating in years

Move will be helped by US authorities ending an investigation into phone company

Fri Jun 13 2025 - 06:00
Irish investor group targets Polish rental sector

Irish investor group targets Polish rental sector

Domestic market in flux amid fresh round of planned reforms

Fri Jun 13 2025 - 06:00
Irish fixed-term savings rates fall faster than interest offers on mortgages

Irish fixed-term savings rates fall faster than interest offers on mortgages

Irish mortgage interest rates are, on average, the fifth highest across the 19 states in the euro zone

Wed Jun 11 2025 - 15:21
Nama to be down to as low as €10m in loans tied to windup, says CEO

Nama to be down to as low as €10m in loans tied to windup, says CEO

Previous agency target was €4.8bn

Wed Jun 11 2025 - 09:45
Oireachtas should slam down gavel on judges’ planned 16.7% injury awards hike

Oireachtas should slam down gavel on judges’ planned 16.7% injury awards hike

Planned blanket hike will likely be passed directly onto consumers and companies

Sat Jun 07 2025 - 20:57
FD Technologies chairwoman urges investors to back takeover

FD Technologies chairwoman urges investors to back takeover

Firm ‘a relatively small player in a large, but fast-moving, fragmented market’, Donna Troy tells shareholders

Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
AIB to sell its 49.9% stake in merchant services joint venture

AIB to sell its 49.9% stake in merchant services joint venture

Deal will lead to about €215 million capital boost which is expected to deliver profit of around €140m

Fri Jun 06 2025 - 08:01
Corporate tax take tumbles 30% for May with €1.1bn less over same month last year

Corporate tax take tumbles 30% for May with €1.1bn less over same month last year

Department of Finance downplays the decline, attributing it to ‘once-off’ factors

Fri Jun 06 2025 - 06:52
Review of all nursing homes operated by Emeis Ireland requested by Department of Health

Review of all nursing homes operated by Emeis Ireland requested by Department of Health

Admissions to Portlaoise nursing home, one of two featured in RTÉ Investigates programme on Wednesday, halted due to ‘significant concerns’

Thu Jun 05 2025 - 20:21
What is Emeis and where are its Irish care homes located?

What is Emeis and where are its Irish care homes located?

French nursing home group has 27 residential homes across the State

Thu Jun 05 2025 - 17:30
ECB ‘getting to end’ of rates cycle after eight cuts

ECB ‘getting to end’ of rates cycle after eight cuts

ECB cuts deposit rate to 2% to leave it at half of level a year ago

Thu Jun 05 2025 - 13:15
Bank of Ireland seen having clarity on UK motor finance scandal costs this year

Bank of Ireland seen having clarity on UK motor finance scandal costs this year

UK regulators to decide shortly after expected July court ruling whether to launch compensation scheme

Thu Jun 05 2025 - 10:57
European shares rise amid German tax relief package approval

European shares rise amid German tax relief package approval

EU-US trade talks are progressing despite unhelpful doubling of Washington’s metal tariffs

Wed Jun 04 2025 - 18:26
Zara founder snaps up last Dublin docklands project linked to Nama

Zara founder snaps up last Dublin docklands project linked to Nama

Nama and partners have delivered 3.8 million sq ft of commercial space and 2,000 homes in docklands over the past decade

Wed Jun 04 2025 - 05:00
Energia bid interest ranges from Japanese trading firm to private equity

Energia bid interest ranges from Japanese trading firm to private equity

I Squared Capital attempting to sell business for the third time since acquisition in 2016

Wed Jun 04 2025 - 05:00
Dalata rejects surprise €1.3bn bid from Scandinavian consortium

Dalata rejects surprise €1.3bn bid from Scandinavian consortium

Ireland’s biggest hotel firm put itself up for sale earlier in the year

Tue Jun 03 2025 - 07:40
How Bulmers owner’s new chief plans to put the fizz back into former market darling

How Bulmers owner’s new chief plans to put the fizz back into former market darling

C&C’s fifth CEO in as many years sets sights on recapturing glory days of Magners cider

Sat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Insurers and businesses call for injury guidelines reform as 17% rise planned

Insurers and businesses call for injury guidelines reform as 17% rise planned

Judicial Council put forward proposal

Fri May 30 2025 - 06:00
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