Frontline bank workers to get pay top-ups during Covid-19 crisisBank staff dealt with about 7,000 calls a day last week from business customersWed Apr 01 2020 - 03:20
PTSB mortgage holders in arrears face shorter Covid-19 payment breaksBank offering interim arrangements of two months’ payment holidays for arrears casesWed Apr 01 2020 - 02:55
Couple in mortgage legal-fees dispute receive €10,000 compensationUlster Bank and Irish Life top list of firms with complaints upheld by ombudsmanTue Mar 31 2020 - 17:25
Insurer FBD names Paul D’Alton as interim chief executiveCompany continuing to seek permanent successor to Fiona MuldoonTue Mar 31 2020 - 15:19
Denis O’Brien’s Digicel asks creditors to write off some of its $6.8bn debtGroup discussing securities exchange with some bondholdersFri Mar 27 2020 - 17:14
Coronavirus: Insurers told to interpret claims in customers’ favourCentral Bank says insurance firm CEOs must take responsibility for handling of claimsFri Mar 27 2020 - 17:09
Irish banks’ €400m dividends plans echoed foolhardiness of pastMarket Beat: keeping capital for lending is far more important than payoutsFri Mar 27 2020 - 15:24
Cairn and Glenveagh directors miss out on lucrative founder sharesCompanies are still building but rate at which people reserve new homes has slowedFri Mar 27 2020 - 10:15
Flutter scraps cash dividend as it sticks to Canadian mergerCompany opts not to proceed with planned €112.7 million final dividend payout in cashFri Mar 27 2020 - 08:52
C&C raises €140m debt days after profit warningWith pubs closed C&C’s on-trade business will be down sharply this yearFri Mar 27 2020 - 07:36
Death knell for dividends as firms try to save cash amid Covid-19 crisisSlew of Dublin-listed companies scrap multimillion-euro dividend payment plansFri Mar 27 2020 - 05:15
Irish-led sports event supplier raises €10.5m in emergency cash callCovid hits business at Arena Events, which puts temporary facilities in place for events from Cheltenham to Wimbledon and the OpenThu Mar 26 2020 - 13:29
Irish shares dip as rally across European markets runs out of steamRapidly spreading coronavirus, fears of deep global recession overshadow stimulus dealThu Mar 26 2020 - 09:01
Irish and European stocks rally for a second day on stimulus plansMarkets in US record first back-to-back gain since a brutal sell-off began last monthWed Mar 25 2020 - 20:24
Central Bank to press insurers on customer rights amid Covid-19 stand-offFirms with business interruption cover being told they are not eligible for compensationWed Mar 25 2020 - 19:11
Chinese €155m takeover of Goodbody gets Central Bank approvalTerms of deal unaffected by coronavirus crisisWed Mar 25 2020 - 11:03
Malin sees clinical trials delays amid Covid-19 crisisGerm-zapping robot firm backed by Malin sees spike in demand amid virus outbreakWed Mar 25 2020 - 09:41
Coronavirus: Irish Ferries owner delays agm to protect shareholdersICG meeting pushed back from May 12th, with vote on final dividend of 2019 deferredWed Mar 25 2020 - 07:48
Central Bank urged to address insurers rejecting Covid-19 claimsLobby group urges regulator to address stand-off between businesses and insurersWed Mar 25 2020 - 03:54
Irish shares rally on hope of fiscal stimulusWall Street opened higher on signs of Washington economic rescue packageTue Mar 24 2020 - 17:03
Irish banks fielding 7,000 calls daily on mortgage breaksInstitutions also dealing with 500 calls a day from business customers, BPFI saysTue Mar 24 2020 - 12:56
Kerry enzymes help ramp up hand sanitisers for HSEGlobal number of confirmed coronavirus cases his heading rapidly towards 400,000Tue Mar 24 2020 - 10:35
Aryzta moves to save cash as Covid-19 hits demand for baked goodsCompany suspends future capital projects, reduces capacity to meet demandTue Mar 24 2020 - 08:07
Applegreen defers bonuses and scraps dividend as Covid-19 hits footfallForecourt retailer says it expects a material reduction in profits this yearTue Mar 24 2020 - 07:40
Donohoe weighs in as insurers reject Covid-19 claimsInsurance Ireland warn solvency of many insurers could be called into questionMon Mar 23 2020 - 16:57
US stocks down despite forceful efforts of Federal ReserveIseq slumps again as European shares wallow near seven-year lows amid Covid-19Mon Mar 23 2020 - 14:00
BofI temporarily closes 101 branches as Covid-19 spreadsOutlets will continue to provide ATM servicesMon Mar 23 2020 - 13:50
Uniphar shares rise amid Covid-19 business boostShares in the company were 5.8 per cent higher at €1.10Mon Mar 23 2020 - 11:19
Finance Ireland pauses €100m IPO due to Covid-19 damage to marketsIPO on hold amid financial chaos caused by virtual lockdown of global economyMon Mar 23 2020 - 05:49
‘Distressed’ AIB valuation makes special dividend unlikelyFocus will be on assuring investors company can ride out current economic stormMon Mar 23 2020 - 05:40
Virus-targeting cleansing system sees 400% Irish sales spikeSanity System, headquartered in Italy and US, uses ozone gas to kill bacteria and virusesMon Mar 23 2020 - 05:10
Permanent TSB defers agm amid coronavirus crisisGreencoat Renewables to proceed with agm on April 29th, but is encouraging shareholders to vote remotely on resolutionsFri Mar 20 2020 - 17:53
How Lagarde’s flippancy led to godsend for EU governments fighting Covid-19Market Beat: Emergency bond-buying programme is blurring the ECB’s mandateFri Mar 20 2020 - 17:47
New Ireland joins investment firms restricting property fund cash-insFirm has restricted investors from taking money out for up to six monthsFri Mar 20 2020 - 16:34
Irish Life and Zurich restrict investors from cashing in property fundsCompanies struggling with outflows as uncertainty over Covid-19 sparks withdrawalsThu Mar 19 2020 - 20:55
Increase in contactless payments limit may not be ready until AprilBanks have agreed to raise threshold from €30 to €50 in effort to reduce handling of cashThu Mar 19 2020 - 20:08
Vulture fund managers to follow banks in offering loan payment breaksLone Star and Pepper Ireland among firms joining plan for customers hit by Covid-19Thu Mar 19 2020 - 18:36
Iseq falls again as stimulus-inspired rally fizzles outThe ECB joined peers in Japan, Australia and the US in launching a fresh wave of emergency stimulusThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:41
Union calls for industry-wide approach to protect bank branch staffFSU estimate between 5,000 and 6,000 staff are working directly in branch networksThu Mar 19 2020 - 13:25
Banks shares pricing in worst case scenario of €6bn in stress test losses – analystsEuropean Banking Authority defers examinations to 2021Thu Mar 19 2020 - 12:44
AIB postpones €1.3bn problem mortgages sale amid Covid-19 crisisDistressed debt firms Lone Star and Cerberus thought to be interested in purchaseThu Mar 19 2020 - 11:38
NTMA sells €500m of short-term debt at negative yieldSale follows launch of ECB’s €750 coronavirus emergency bond-buying programmeThu Mar 19 2020 - 11:13
Central Bank will allow banks to free up rainy-day moneyMove will enable additional €13bn of lending to distressed economy as Covid-19 spreadsWed Mar 18 2020 - 20:23
Iseq follows Wall Street into red as investor fears outweigh stimulus effortsPandemic worries eclipse hopes broad policy support will combat economic falloutWed Mar 18 2020 - 20:13
Coronavirus: Banks agree mortgage breaks and repossession deferralsMinister calls for contactless payment threshold to be raised from €30 to €50Wed Mar 18 2020 - 19:58
Activist investor Cevian ups CRH stake to 3.14% after stock slumpSwedish company backs building materials group to ‘unlock value’ despite Covid-19 crisisWed Mar 18 2020 - 14:35
Irish-backed pub giant Mitchells & Butlers warns of ‘significant loss’UK company expects to pass debt covenants test despite sales slump due to Covid-19Wed Mar 18 2020 - 10:19
Coronavirus: Patrick Honohan urges radical action on EU, ECBFormer Irish Central Bank chief in charge during financial crisis says ‘no excuse’ for delayTue Mar 17 2020 - 21:43
Donohoe to meet bank chiefs as Covid-19 crisis deepensMinister will be updated on measures taken by lenders in the past week to combat crisisTue Mar 17 2020 - 14:31
Trading halted for 15 minutes in New York as US stocks plunge againBanks lead Iseq slump as European equities fall to 2012 lowsMon Mar 16 2020 - 18:22
