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
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
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
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
FD Technologies to stop trading on Friday as court sanctions €626m sale Company is on track to be officially delisted next TuesdayThu Jul 17 2025 - 15:20
AIB’s slimmed-down UK unit to report to retail chief Geraldine CaseyBank also promotes chief technology officer to chief operating officer as incumbent departsThu Jul 17 2025 - 12:21
Bank of Ireland raises Irish economic growth estimates, with one big caveatForecasts assume pharmaceuticals would be exempt from threatened US tariffsThu Jul 17 2025 - 06:00
Kenmare to take up to $125m charge amid uncertain titanium minerals pricingMiner says pricing for its main product, ilumenite, fell in the first quarter of this yearWed Jul 16 2025 - 14:54
Irish home price rises accelerate to 7.9% in May, led by inflation outside DublinPrices continue to climb as European Central Bank cuts interest rates Wed Jul 16 2025 - 11:19
NatWest raises €126 million from sale of remaining PTSB stakeTotal generated from selling shares amounts to €181mTue Jul 15 2025 - 08:04
Nordic group agrees to buy Dalata for €1.4bnDublin-listed hotel group’s board plans to recommend to shareholdersTue Jul 15 2025 - 07:10
UK accountancy firm buys Dublin-based MSD in foray into marketDeal is latest among mid-tier accountancy firmsTue Jul 15 2025 - 07:00
NatWest to sell remaining 11.7% stake in PTSB UK lender continuing its exit from the RepublicMon Jul 14 2025 - 17:59
State ‘well positioned’ despite uncertain markets, NTMA saysRepublic still has still has debt of more than €200bnMon Jul 14 2025 - 14:37
DCC to sell Ireland and UK info tech unit in €115m dealLarger part of group’s technology business, which specialises in audiovisual equipment for events companies, is still on the market Mon Jul 14 2025 - 07:59
Brash Italian banker seeking to lift barriers to European deals may make it harder for othersAndrea Orcel wants to create a European banking champion, but not all our happySat Jul 12 2025 - 06:00
Macquarie sells Irish mortgage-to-rent unit to managementBroadstone chief executive Liam MacMahon is buying the business for a nominal sumFri Jul 11 2025 - 06:00
JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon says markets too complacent on tariffs and interest ratesBanker argues Trump ‘did the right thing to chicken out’ on applying leviesThu Jul 10 2025 - 18:05
Hostelworld shares slump amid ‘underwhelming’ trading in first half of yearShares in Hostelworld fell as much as 11% in London, where most of the trading activity in the stock takes placeThu Jul 10 2025 - 11:06
AIB pushes ahead with AI adoption Bank is rolling out Microsoft’s Copilot AI tools to staff Thu Jul 10 2025 - 08:53
DCC still sees remaining businesses growing this year despite initial earnings dipIrish listed company is ditching its conglomerate structure to focus on energyThu Jul 10 2025 - 07:51
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 BoardWed Jul 09 2025 - 14:13
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 fundExponent’s Irish investments include Chanelle Pharma, Ethos Engineering and Kingsbridge HealthcareWed Jul 09 2025 - 10:31
Specialist property lenders cut small business loans most sharply during market shocks, says Central Bank Period covered includes Covid-19 pandemic and inflation spikeTue Jul 08 2025 - 13:37
UK watchdog starts scrutiny of Greencore’s £1.2bn Bakkavor dealCompetition and Markets Authority invites comments on deal by July 22nd as part of a phase one inquiry into transactionTue Jul 08 2025 - 11:13
Paul Coulson faces last stand in battle to retain control of ArdaghBondholders have offered Coulson and other investors $250m to hand over total control of the empireSat Jun 28 2025 - 06:00
US treasury asks Congress to scrap foreign revenge tax in Trump billIrish 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 loomsBillionaire had been a consistent provider of finance since the company was rocked in 2019 by an accounting scandal and, subsequently, the Covid-19 pandemicFri Jun 27 2025 - 06:00
Crypto trading exchange Kraken secures EU-wide licence from Central BankIt 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? 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
William Fry in talks to hire some Eversheds partners after failed merger talksNumber of Eversheds Ireland staff also expected to join new Eversheds Sutherland (International) practice Thu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00
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 groupsThu Jun 26 2025 - 06:00
