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
European shares advance as solid US jobs report offers hopeMarkets report: Aryzta closes 7.8% higher as investors cheer sale of most of Picard stakeFri Oct 04 2019 - 21:52
Aryzta shares soar on deal to sell most of Picard stakeCuisine de France owner agrees €156 million sale of 43% stake in French frozen foods firmFri Oct 04 2019 - 19:13
Aryzta finally cuts its losses at PicardShareholders happy despite price being below what market expectedFri Oct 04 2019 - 16:30
Tony O’Reilly staked it all on a Chinese mirageJoe Brennan column (October 4th 2019): The Chinese proposal had forced the company to raise $3.76m in recent weeks through an emergency share placing.Fri Oct 04 2019 - 16:10
Datalex’s former auditors ‘conspicuous by their absence’ at AGMEY declined to give opinion on travel retail software company’s 2018 accountsFri Oct 04 2019 - 04:30
Woodford sells remaining Malin stakeTroubled asset manager thought to have sold 1.6m shares earlier this weekThu Oct 03 2019 - 19:33
Makhlouf warns all Brexit outcomes damaging for IrelandCentral Bank governor says 16% fall in sterling against the euro since the UK decided to quit the EU has already hurt Irish businessesThu Oct 03 2019 - 13:43
Digicel may seek to refinance $1.3bn of debt at a discountGroup likely to engage with bondholders in coming months on its $1.3bn of 2021 notesThu Oct 03 2019 - 05:20
Tesco surprises markets by naming Irishman Ken Murphy its next CEOSupermarket giant says incumbent Dave Lewis will exit next summerWed Oct 02 2019 - 18:44
Corporate taxes beat target as Government budgets for no-deal Brexit slowdownDepartment of Finance sees GDP growth slowing to 0.7% under disorderly BrexitWed Oct 02 2019 - 17:24
AIB attracts €3.6bn in orders for junior bond offeringRival Bank of Ireland postponed less risky deal last monthWed Oct 02 2019 - 15:15
Irish bank CEO pay not out of kilter with EU peers, data suggestsFindings at odds with advice from recruitment consultants that pay restrictions should be eased across bailed-out banksWed Oct 02 2019 - 07:53
‘Sceptical’ banking culture board chair vows to call out bad conduct‘They’re a heartless bunch’, says FF’s McGuinnessTue Oct 01 2019 - 17:05
NTMA to raise additional ‘green bond’ fundsDebt management agency will hire a group of bankers to market the bondsTue Oct 01 2019 - 11:44
Germany’s sale of Depfa Bank advances as S&P questions strategyDublin-based Depfa is planning to hand back excess capital to German bad bank FMS-WMTue Oct 01 2019 - 05:15
Ireland’s Apple escrow account cost €3.9m to set upSpectre of negative interest rates set to wipe €70 million off account’s value per yearMon Sept 30 2019 - 16:46
Cullaun Capital doubles its team as property lending nears €140mProperty lender hires former Nama, Pepper and IBI executives to bolster expansion plansMon Sept 30 2019 - 05:30
Irish plcs may become M&A targets as Brexit resolved, Davy’s Byrne saysCompanies here may also take to the acquisitions trail once agreement reachedSat Sept 28 2019 - 06:19
Bank of Ireland extends UK Post Office partnershipPartnership will continue to focus on providing branded range of savings, mortgages and personal loansFri Sept 27 2019 - 19:00
AIB may accelerate job cuts after hiring freezeBank has no plans for large-scale layoffsFri Sept 27 2019 - 17:37
