Irish banks plot fresh wave of job cuts as low ECB rates and Brexit biteFour of the State’s five surviving retail banks are working on a major cost-cutting driveFri Oct 25 2019 - 05:19
Lone Star rolls Irish land into Quintain unit as IPO ditchedUK development business sets up Irish unit to deliver homes and commercial office spaceFri Oct 25 2019 - 05:05
PTSB chief Jeremy Masding to step down next yearBank has begun process of finding new bossThu Oct 24 2019 - 14:12
Ulster Bank profit jumps as conduct and litigation costs dropOperating profit rose to £54m in first nine months of the yearThu Oct 24 2019 - 13:56
Tracker scandal: some banks only co-operated on threat of court actionAffected customers now number 40,500, with €693m paid in refunds and compensationThu Oct 24 2019 - 11:06
Ireland repays £1.2bn of UK rescue loans on scheduleOutstanding principal stands at £2.01 billionWed Oct 23 2019 - 18:14
Nama to pick glass bottle site partner in early 2020Ballymore Group and Ronan Group among potential partners to develop Ringsend siteWed Oct 23 2019 - 17:58
Ship insurer Standard Club routes $140m of business through DublinAmount of business through Ireland equates to 45% of firm’s global premiumsWed Oct 23 2019 - 05:14
Irish shares drop as Brexit uncertainty rattles banksFTSE and European stocks make small advanceTue Oct 22 2019 - 18:06
Central Bank warns of early scalp for conduct breachesRegulator seeks additional powers from GovernmentTue Oct 22 2019 - 16:37
Former Elan executive Given joins Philip Lee’s corporate deals teamTop lawyer John Given joined Elan in 2013 just as the drugmaker was subject of takeover battleTue Oct 22 2019 - 05:20
€900m action against PwC expected to take place in 2020Administrators look to next year for case over how PwC audited Quinn InsuranceTue Oct 22 2019 - 05:19
Deutsche Bank appoints Mary Campbell as Ireland chiefExecutive has held multiple roles in bank’s operations in Dublin, Frankfurt and LondonMon Oct 21 2019 - 06:14
AbbVie seeks to get around €572m Irish stamp duty levyLawyers make efforts to get around surprise tax liability after Budget 2020Mon Oct 21 2019 - 05:30
Irish pensions need urgent reform, industry specialist saysRatio of workers to retirees set to fall sharply over next three decadesMon Oct 21 2019 - 05:17
Market volatility expected as odds of no-deal Brexit tightenStlerling likely to weaken as vote on EU deal yet to happenSun Oct 20 2019 - 14:57
Glanbia to give more detail on pay after AGM dissentShareholders ‘generally supportive’ of approach to remuneration, food group saysFri Oct 18 2019 - 19:13
Banning bets on falling share prices would be bonkers if Brexit panic sets inJoe Brennan: short selling allows for alternative views in a market and improves its efficiencyFri Oct 18 2019 - 18:02
Brexit: Finance Bill grants respite to SMEs on tax rulesSmaller companies get extra time to deal with transfer pricing rulesThu Oct 17 2019 - 18:45
Food and hotel companies among biggest holders of bad loans in StateReal estate loans to SMEs topped the non-performing loans tableThu Oct 17 2019 - 13:18
Grafton shares drop 14% on profit warning as Brexit fears hit tradingEconomic uncertainty hits demand in UK and weighs on sentiment in IrelandThu Oct 17 2019 - 10:09
Bank of China leads bidders to acquire GoodbodyStockbroking firm being sold by Kerry-based Fexco which owns 51% of the businessThu Oct 17 2019 - 05:55
Irish and European values dip as investors fret on Brexit dealWall Street lower but upbeat results a solid start to third-quarter earnings seasonWed Oct 16 2019 - 21:53
Eir sees earnings rise amid €350m bond saleMoody’s estimates that sale will save Eir about €6m a year in interest costsWed Oct 16 2019 - 20:17
Fexco operating profit rises 9.5% as Goodbody sale talks continueTotal income up 11% to €236m at Kerry-based groupWed Oct 16 2019 - 10:44
Central Bank to look into dual pricing ‘rip-off’ by insurersSinn Féin TD condemns practice of charging existing customers more than new clientsWed Oct 16 2019 - 06:47
Malin dismisses Woodford fund wind-up impact on key investmentsWoodford Equity Income Fund enters liquidation over issues revealed in JuneWed Oct 16 2019 - 05:28
Ardagh faces legal battle with Saint-Gobain over $65.4m patent billGroup had to pay out to settle patent dispute involving a business it bought five years agoWed Oct 16 2019 - 05:27
Credit unions may have to pull €1.8bn from UK in chaotic BrexitInvestments cannot be held in country that’s outside of EUTue Oct 15 2019 - 15:03
Bank of Ireland names former AIB finance executive as CFOMyles O’Grady to replace Andrew Keating later this weekTue Oct 15 2019 - 10:10
CPL boss Anne Heraty’s 25% pay rise questioned ahead of agmSalary hike to €575,000 ‘does not give a specific explanation regarding the increase’Tue Oct 15 2019 - 05:41
Ex-Smurfit Kappa chief sues Revenue after €2.3m ‘gift’ disputeGary McGann claims payments were a gift from Smurfit’s private-equity ex-ownersTue Oct 15 2019 - 02:15
Green Reit deal on track despite €65m tax bill shockPlanned €1.34bn takeover of UK property firm Henderson Park moving towards conclusionMon Oct 14 2019 - 17:34
IDA chief appointed adjunct professor at Smurfit business schoolBackground brings international business and national policy experience to roleMon Oct 14 2019 - 03:28
AbbVie faces shock €572m Irish stamp duty for Allergan purchaseImmediate target of Budget 2020 measure was Green Reit takeoverFri Oct 11 2019 - 17:50
Botox-maker left with bitter taste after Donohoe tax crackdownAbbVie’s purchase of Allergan is collateral damage as Minister targets Green Reit dealFri Oct 11 2019 - 17:00
AIB names Jim O’Keeffe as retail banking headMary Whitelaw to become director of corporate affairs and strategyFri Oct 11 2019 - 15:43
UK judges reject IBRC appeal over tax rulingLiquidators’ case rejected, with amount involved reported to be in region of £20mFri Oct 11 2019 - 06:14
Irish Glass Bottle site lures bids from Ballymore to Ronan GroupMarlet Property Group, led by developer Pat Crean, also among parties to submit an offerFri Oct 11 2019 - 06:05
Green Reit shares hit as suitor faces surprise €65m tax billHenderson Park faces €13.4 million stamp duty bill after deal goes throughThu Oct 10 2019 - 20:45
NTMA scraps last 2018 bond auction as green deal tops targetAgency settled on €2bn issue, having initially targeted between €1bn and €1.5bnThu Oct 10 2019 - 13:41
Vulture funds loaded IREFs with 90% debt to sidestep withholding taxImposition of 50 per cent debt limit in budget aimed at halting ‘aggressive’ tax avoidanceThu Oct 10 2019 - 05:15
NTMA to sell up to €1.5bn of ‘green bonds’State’s debt management agency hires banks and securities firms to manage debt saleWed Oct 09 2019 - 11:36
UK funds firm Merian hires for Dublin office before BrexitNew unit opening in two weeks’ time to be headed by Paul NunanWed Oct 09 2019 - 10:19
Government extends overseas executive tax relief until 2022Report concludes that economic benefit of scheme continues to outweigh its costTue Oct 08 2019 - 19:36
European shares drop on heightened Brexit and US-China trade concernsMarkets report: Aryzta, BoI and PTSB fall but Malin bucks the trend on ISEQ to add 4.8%Tue Oct 08 2019 - 18:46
Green Reit’s suitor hit as Donohoe closes tax loopholesBudget 2020: Minister takes aim at ‘aggressive’ tax avoidance in property fundsTue Oct 08 2019 - 17:53
Ulster Bank to sell €800m of mortgages to CarValThe portfolio includes 2,800 owner-occupier loans with a face value of €715mTue Oct 08 2019 - 16:01
Czech firm’s Tynagh Energy 80% stake purchase approvedTynagh Energy founder Bran Keogh’s Mountainside Partners vehicle will continue to hold 20 per centTue Oct 08 2019 - 12:52
US hedge fund snaps up Woodfords’ Malin stakePentwater bought shares at 60% discount to Malin’s ‘intrinsic value’Tue Oct 08 2019 - 10:46
