Fifteen years, €24.3m and 1,384 pages later, was the Irish Nationwide inquiry really worth it?Long running inquiry announced findings this weekSat May 24 2025 - 06:00
Green energy: ‘There’s no transition without transmission,’ says Aer Soléir bossConstraints across Europe’s electricity grids among issues affecting path to net-zero emissions, says head of renewables group with 3GW of projects Fri May 23 2025 - 06:00
European stocks fall amid weak economic dataUS markets react to Trump’s tax and spending bill and related debt concerns Thu May 22 2025 - 18:21
Bank of Ireland ‘actively considering’ buying out small legacy shareholdersStakes diluted in crisis-era bailoutsThu May 22 2025 - 15:26
INBS inquiry finds litany of regulatory breaches by collapsed lenderBuilding society suffered financial losses in excess of €6bn between 2008 and 2010Wed May 21 2025 - 17:34
EY, Arthur Cox and Mason Hayes main winners from €24.3m INBS inquiryCentral Bank governor Gabriel Makhlouf says costs reflect 15-year length and complexity of investigationsWed May 21 2025 - 13:30
Irish Nationwide Building Society inquiry cost reaches €24.3m Former finance director John Stanley Purcell, its final subject, fined €130,000 and disqualified for four yearsWed May 21 2025 - 12:04
Outsurance Ireland plans to hire further 100 staff in second year in businessCompany focuses on motor and home coverageWed May 21 2025 - 05:00
Banks see no sign of imminent spike in housebuilding State has set target of 41,000 houses this yearTue May 20 2025 - 16:55
Irish Life, Amundi and BlackRock picked to run Ireland’s auto enrolment potIreland’s auto-enrolment scheme to begin in JanuaryTue May 20 2025 - 15:10
Ardagh talks with creditor group break down over improving cans unit Packaging giant built by Paul Coulson ‘remains committed to putting in place a sustainable capital structure’Tue May 20 2025 - 14:23
Revolut eyes western European HQ in Paris and applies for a French banking licenceIrish operations will fall under future French banking licence Mon May 19 2025 - 08:00
DCC’s reward for strategic shift delayed as Trump casts shadow over tech unit saleDatalex remains hooked on financial support from billionaire backer Dermot Desmond Sat May 17 2025 - 06:00
FBD expected to pay special dividend to bring recent payments to €234mDividend yield is more than double that on offer from some other European insurersSat May 17 2025 - 06:00
Datalex targets positive earnings for first time in five yearsIrish travel software firm saw net loss widen last yearThu May 15 2025 - 09:45
Kenmare Resources explores mining options as former chief weighs bidMichael Carvill and Abu Dhabi private equity firm given second extension to signal intention to bid for the businessThu May 15 2025 - 08:12
Greencore signs up 69% of Bakkavor shareholders for recommended £1.2bn dealDublin-based sandwich maker upgrades profit forecastThu May 15 2025 - 08:01
It’s déjà vu as Goldman Sachs eyes Irish household savingsGoldman’s Marcus online bank would have its work cut out tackling consumer inertia in IrelandWed May 14 2025 - 13:21
Half of small firms not prepared for auto pension enrolment, says Irish Life Search commences for €200,000-plus chief executive role in organisation overseeing schemeWed May 14 2025 - 06:00
Goldman Sachs reported to be in talks to launch retail bank in IrelandUS giant weighing move into this countryTue May 13 2025 - 20:52
DCC ‘confident’ will stay in FTSE 100 as it doubles down on energy after unit salesDCC said its operating profit rose 4.9% to £703m in year to the end of March, driven by its energy groupTue May 13 2025 - 07:42
Irish-founded Tullow Oil faces $1.4bn refinancing headache amid falling crude pricesShares in the exploration firm have slumped and are being sold off at rates not seen in five yearsSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
Germany’s Dax hits record high as European shares rise on trade deal hopesIrish banks end the week on the upSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
PTSB chief praises takeover target Finance Ireland at historically short AGMPrice in excess of €300m estimated in order to secure deal with PTSB still keen Fri May 09 2025 - 12:08
CRH chair says Irish AGMs still ‘appropriate’ even as holding of meetings overseas is approvedGroup CEO Jim Mintern says it’s a matter of “when, not if” CRH joins S&P 500 index in USThu May 08 2025 - 13:57
Finance Ireland pretax profit almost doubles to €20.3mThe Irish Times reported last month PTSB made an unsolicited overture to buy Finance Ireland Thu May 08 2025 - 08:03
State set to exit AIB within months as €1.2bn share buyback proceedsTaxpayers have recovered €19.2 billion from AIB and continue to own 3.3% of bankThu May 08 2025 - 07:34
Ulster Bank on track to return banking licence Outgoing chief executive Jane Howard gets senior NatWest postThu May 08 2025 - 06:00
AIB plan to buy back €1.2bn of Government shares hangs in balanceShares rose on Wednesday to within half a cent of the €6.26 price at which the deal has been setWed May 07 2025 - 20:30
Quilter to buy Rory Gillen investment firm 15-year-old firm advises 500 families in over €600 million of assets Wed May 07 2025 - 13:33
Aryzta targets up to €60m in cost cuts to boost margins over three yearsCuisine de France owner plans to return to paying dividends for first time since 2017Wed May 07 2025 - 07:45
AIB IPO player prepares for Portuguese bank flotation as soon as JuneLender is 75% owned by US private equity giant Lone StarTue May 06 2025 - 11:15
CRH sticks to forecasts amid ‘no sign of investment delays’Group says outlook for its business remains positiveMon May 05 2025 - 21:56
European shares can recapture early 2025 momentum over Wall Street, say analysts Here’s why: Sixty per cent of European companies’ first-quarter earnings have beaten market expectationsSat May 03 2025 - 07:00
Bank of Ireland sticks to 2025 outlook after ‘good start’ to yearLender lowers forecasts for Irish economyFri May 02 2025 - 07:47
Ires chief executive favours ‘simple’ rent-cap increase under Government review Eddie Byrne warns of complications tied to reference rent systemFri May 02 2025 - 06:00
Meet the man running Ireland’s biggest landlord firm, with 3,734 apartments in DublinIres chief Eddie Byrne wants changes to the rent cap rules in a bid to get investment flowing again into apartment buildingFri May 02 2025 - 06:00
Former Irish Life CEO David Harney named head of Canadian parent groupRoscommon native to replace chief executive of 12 years, Paul MahonThu May 01 2025 - 17:44
Smurfit Westrock sales rise in first quarter to $7.6bn Board approves quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share Thu May 01 2025 - 13:15
AIB ‘performing ahead of expectations’ amid global uncertainty - CEO Plan to buy back shares from State gets 97% backing at agm, even as stock trades below agreed price Thu May 01 2025 - 07:31
IPL to merge with Dutch peer to create group with €1.2bn salesShareholders in the Irish company, which is controlled US private equity giant Madison Dearborn Partners, will own 55 per cent the combined entityWed Apr 30 2025 - 09:22
PTSB share of mortgage lending tops 20% amid ‘good start to year’Bank says it has priced its loans more competitively in the past yearWed Apr 30 2025 - 08:01
Hostelworld to return dividend for first time since before pandemic Company aiming for payouts of as much as 40% of net profitsTue Apr 29 2025 - 07:59
Irish average mortgages hit record €328,000 as buyers chase soaring pricesBuyers take on more debt as home prices soarTue Apr 29 2025 - 06:00
Aviva sees rise in contested claims being pulled Courts take harder line on insurance fraudstersMon Apr 28 2025 - 18:03
ICG investors urged to reject chief executive bonus and virtual AGMs planProxy adviser ISS remains concerned over lack of detail on how bonus of long-time chief executive Eamonn Rothwell is assessedFri Apr 25 2025 - 19:07
Tesla is paying price for Elon Musk taking eye off road long before joining Trump’s orbitEV carmaker, struggling with a dated selection of models, is being outmanoeuvred by China’s BYDFri Apr 25 2025 - 16:42
Credit union lending up 12%, buoyed by mortgages and easing restrictionsPersonal loans continue to make up majority of lending Fri Apr 25 2025 - 11:52
Revolut to offer mortgages in Ireland in autumnFin tech company plans to start offering home loans directly through its app, with staff supportFri Apr 25 2025 - 06:00
Ardagh cans unit ‘turns corner’ amid Coulson bid to keep control Ardagh Group continues talks with bondholders on restructuring its estimated $12.5 billion debtThu Apr 24 2025 - 17:36
