An Post mortgage plan rattles Irish banks. But should they be scared?A big problem with An Post’s pitch is that it hasn’t found a partner to finance its foray yetSat Sept 29 2018 - 01:00
10 years on: Countdown to the Irish financial crashJoe Brennan’s day-by-day account of the month before the implosion of the global banking sector and the Irish bank guaranteeFri Sept 28 2018 - 18:01
Ballymore founder warns soaring build costs ‘biggest risk’Cost rises of 7-10 per cent in next two years threaten development, Seán Mulryan saysFri Sept 28 2018 - 06:25
Patrick Honohan: ‘Many people thought it was too good to be true – and it was’There were few options in 2008 'and that was fault of Dame St, not Leinster House'Fri Sept 28 2018 - 05:45
The day the banks stood still: counting the cost of the crash a decade laterKey players recall events leading to the bank guarantee – and its aftermathFri Sept 28 2018 - 05:30
AIB tops loan-loss table as banks write off 25% of peak loansAlmost 10 years since snap guarantee to six lenders that would cost taxpayers €64bnFri Sept 28 2018 - 05:15
Irish banks’ loan losses hit €140bn in 10 years after crashDeveloper Sean Mulryan warns building costs ‘biggest risk’ to housing supplyFri Sept 28 2018 - 01:00
Financial Services Union chief Dermot Ryan quits after six monthsRyan informed colleagues that he is moving on to ‘pursue other interests’, say sourcesThu Sept 27 2018 - 12:31
Irish shares advance for first time in five sessionsEuropean markets buoyed by speculation that US could resume trade talks with ChinaWed Sept 26 2018 - 19:26
Smurfit Kappa writes down €60m of Venezuelan assetsCardboard box-maker lost control of the unit to the local government in troubled regionMon Sept 24 2018 - 15:46
US investment firms poised to sell Cherrywood land to buildersHines and King Street Capital hire agent to market 73 acres to homebuildersSat Sept 22 2018 - 07:00
Smurfit board can feel justified in sticking to its gunsPackaging group fought off unwanted IP bid and was embroiled in Venezuelan crisisFri Sept 21 2018 - 17:55
Smurfit ‘surprised’ at lack of Government support in IP battleBox-maker Smurfit Kappa fought an unwanted bid from a US rival earlier this yearFri Sept 21 2018 - 17:53
Somers gets €5.75m pay day from sale of Irish Stock ExchangePurchase by Euronext triggered windfall for key personnel including former chief executiveThu Sept 20 2018 - 02:00
PTSB weighs shifting €1.5bn non-performing loans in bonds dealBank preparing to increase size of planned residential mortgage-backed securitisationMon Sept 17 2018 - 05:55
Boardroom bloodbath averted, can Malin finally deliver on its promise?Plus, good times return for top AIB clientsFri Sept 14 2018 - 15:25
Credit union mortgage lending rules may be loosenedConsultation paper on proposed changes will be published ‘within the coming weeks’Fri Sept 14 2018 - 09:38
Former AIB finance executive joins house-builder plotting IPOMyles O’Grady hired to beef up management team of new company DRes PropertiesFri Sept 14 2018 - 05:15
State sells €1bn of bonds ahead of ECB meetingNTMA has now raised €13.5bn of its full-year targeted range of €14bn-€18bnThu Sept 13 2018 - 10:26
Central Bank backs ‘legitimate and necessary’ sale of bad loans‘Next downturn closer than start of last one,’ top Central Bank official saysWed Sept 12 2018 - 18:31
Malin to review executive pay after shareholder revoltAlmost 51% vote against plan at health firm’s agm over director remuneration concernsWed Sept 12 2018 - 18:28
Former Bank of Scotland (Ireland) loans set for bond refinancing dealAbout 12 per cent of loans in €585 million portfolio have paperwork issuesWed Sept 12 2018 - 05:30
State to share in €136m Coillte will earn from sale of its stake in four wind farmsDublin-listed energy player Greencoat the winning bidder for Coillte’s stake in the wind assetsTue Sept 11 2018 - 20:10
European shares dip though takeover bid lifts Serena Williams’s racquet makerIseq edges higher after five sessions of losses with Aryzta leading list of advancing stocksTue Sept 11 2018 - 18:47
Aryzta shares surge as banks guarantee €800m share sale planSwiss-Irish baked goods group also announces a series of board changesTue Sept 11 2018 - 10:04
Mainstream Renewable Power may be sold on by 2020Chief says geographical spread may be difficult for investors to comprehendMon Sept 10 2018 - 06:00
Viridian’s New York owner plots sale after two yearsI-Squared Capital purchased Northern Irish power firm in 2016 for €1 billionSat Sept 08 2018 - 06:00
Who’d be a listed Irish housebuilder in this market?Developers face headwinds from market malaise in Europe and rising labour costsFri Sept 07 2018 - 18:09
NTMA confirms plans to issue its first green bondsAgency has just received Government approval for a new green bonds frameworkFri Sept 07 2018 - 13:28
AIB moves 100 outsourced IT roles back inhouseFinancial Services Union welcomes ‘major reversal of policy’ by State-owned bankFri Sept 07 2018 - 13:01
Mainstream seeks partner for $1.65bn Chilean projectsCompany has Chilean government contracts to develop and run wind and solar plantsFri Sept 07 2018 - 04:30
Bank of Ireland CEO ‘surprised’ by low-rise Dublin sprawlFrancesca McDonagh says debate needed on ‘what we build, and where we build it’Thu Sept 06 2018 - 21:14
Tullow Oil ‘can still make money’ if oil prices fall more than 25%Chief financial officer sees oil prices strengthening further in short term as demand growsThu Sept 06 2018 - 18:32
Glenveagh chief steps in to buy stock in homebuilder following sell-offJustin Bickle’s €106,350 move follows lacklustre market response to latest interim reportThu Sept 06 2018 - 12:55
Germany reported to back Lane and Donnery for ECB postsCentral Bank chiefs get Berlin’s backing for top euro-zone positionsThu Sept 06 2018 - 10:06
AIB finance chief Mark Bourke quits for overseas roleChief financial officer instrumental in preparing bank for last year’s IPOWed Sept 05 2018 - 13:04
Lone Star hires Davy for €300m-plus Irish homebuilder IPOTransaction would see key sites acquired at knock-down prices in Ireland rolled into the new companyWed Sept 05 2018 - 05:25
Eir to bring ‘hundreds’ of outsourced customer service jobs back in houseSales dip 2% as company plans to put more money into high-speed fibre, 5G networkTue Sept 04 2018 - 10:54
Cairn sees ‘no chance’ new Irish homes will meet demand by 2021Housebuilder to pay dividends from 2019 profit and build on ex-RTÉ site next yearTue Sept 04 2018 - 07:21
UK private equity house buys BidX1 online auction firm stakePollen Street buys large stake in Irish online auction firm that grew out of AllsopMon Sept 03 2018 - 05:29
CRH stumps up $46.6m for US concrete manhole makerAcquisition of Concrete Specialities sees building giant continuing to strike bolt-on dealsMon Sept 03 2018 - 05:00
INM ‘will not be distracted’ as State watchdog circles‘Corporate strategy’ is priority says CEO Michael Doorly as pretax profit falls almost 23%Sat Sept 01 2018 - 02:24
Denis O’Brien dials M for more time from bondholders owed $3bnDigicel bond offer could give telco breathing space to prove it can rebuild earningsFri Aug 31 2018 - 20:05
Digicel seeks to ease debt burden with bond switch offerCompany offers to swap $2bn in 2020 bonds for ones that mature in 2022Fri Aug 31 2018 - 12:40
Profits drop almost 23% at Independent News & MediaDrop at media giant comes amid advertising income decline, and a mounting legal billFri Aug 31 2018 - 07:26
Malin investors urged to reject executive pay dealSeries of investments in life science companies have been badly received by the marketFri Aug 31 2018 - 05:30
State wants to know if Anglo Irish was worth anything in 2009Assessor to find out if failed bank had any equity value when nationalised a decade agoFri Aug 31 2018 - 05:26
Digicel signals bond buy-back plan, more tower salesTelco group seeks to lower its total $6.7bn debt pileThu Aug 30 2018 - 17:41
Digicel bonds fall as CFO quits and earnings dropSouth African is to leave Denis O’Brien-led telecoms company next monthWed Aug 29 2018 - 16:57
PTSB chief plays down rekindled merger speculationBank says capital levels will fall as it meets ECB rules to set aside more money against mortgage risksWed Aug 29 2018 - 16:15
