Philip Lane prepares to take responsibility for avoiding ‘Japanification of Europe’European Central Bank chief economist in waiting will take up role amid unprecedented uncertaintyFri Mar 22 2019 - 05:45
Banks lead Iseq lower on heightened no-deal Brexit fearsSterling suffers fresh drop and Ted Baker shares nosedive, with Euro stocks out of sortsThu Mar 21 2019 - 18:11
Bank of Montreal picks Irish unit as post-Brexit EU hubMove will allow Canadian bank to operate across the European Economic AreaWed Mar 20 2019 - 16:02
Irish motor insurance returned to profit in 2017 after €757m of lossesProfit of €31.1m on motor coverage in 2017, but cost of insurance claims remains too highSat Mar 16 2019 - 05:55
Greencore shares drop as Berenberg downgrades on consumer cautionFood-to-go maker sees drop as shoppers ‘fret over political and economic uncertainties’Fri Mar 15 2019 - 17:51
IPL Plastics to buy Belgian firm Loomans for €75mEarnings dipped at Dublin-based group last year amid rising input and distribution costsFri Mar 15 2019 - 16:08
Aryzta investors get glimmer of respite at lastMarket Beat: Also, Dermot Desmond rides in to aid of DatalexFri Mar 15 2019 - 15:36
JP Morgan’s Dimon sees gradual UK finance job moves after BrexitBanking giant spends in region of $100m preparing for eventual British exit from EUFri Mar 15 2019 - 05:26
Bastion of Wall Street says no chance of another Lehman BrothersJamie Dimon’s prudence led JP Morgan out of the crash to top the global ranks. Could he bring the same vision to politcs?Fri Mar 15 2019 - 05:26
Smurfit Kappa to offer €90m for remaining shares in Colombian unitBox-maker mulling development of larger paper facility in ColombiaThu Mar 14 2019 - 17:01
Dermot Desmond to charge Datalex 10% interest for €6.14m loanTroubled travel software firm has seen shares fall by as much as 75% since JanuaryThu Mar 14 2019 - 15:44
European Parliament backs Philip Lane for ECB roleCentral Bank governor’s appointment will now come before European CouncilThu Mar 14 2019 - 12:17
Sterling extends rally as UK MPs reject no-deal BrexitCurrency picked up momentum after MPs narrowly voted against a no-deal exitWed Mar 13 2019 - 21:20
European shares rise on Brexit hopesMarket report: Datalex and Aryzta shine on IseqWed Mar 13 2019 - 21:09
Sterling edges off lows after Theresa May’s deal defeatedUK currency rallies but remains firmly in the red against both the dollar and the euroTue Mar 12 2019 - 20:40
Datalex shares soar as Dermot Desmond plans €10m investmentMove would increase Desmond’s stake in troubled Irish software company to 29.9% via his IIU investment groupTue Mar 12 2019 - 19:12
Delay in banker accountability law as Brexit dominates agendaNew rules to make senior bankers more accountable may now take another yearTue Mar 12 2019 - 17:13
Irish executive a central figure in UK lawsuit over collapse of Phones 4UTelecom executives alleged to have made pact to put UK retailer out of businessTue Mar 12 2019 - 05:37
Non-bank mortgages key to cutting Irish interest rates, study findsEstablished banks burdened by capital ratios, arrears and repossession difficultiesMon Mar 11 2019 - 05:58
Profits at Desmond-backed Rietumu Banka drop 14% amid client cullJoe Brennan: Move follows crackdown by Latvia’s financial watchdog on shell firmsMon Mar 11 2019 - 05:51
Smith & Williamson ‘working closely’ with Central Bank on post-Brexit planInvestment firm seeks to set up Irish-regulated unit in Republic to counter hard BrexitMon Mar 11 2019 - 05:35
Lone Star lines up builder Dres Properties for Cherrywood siteLone Star top bidder for 73-acre south Dublin site, set to deliver 2,600 homesMon Mar 11 2019 - 05:29
Housebuilding drives construction activity in FebruaryConstruction activity has increased on a monthly basis since September 2013Mon Mar 11 2019 - 04:59
Mercer appoints John Mercer as Ireland chiefBenefits consultant boss replaces Tom Geraghty who moves on to head Europe divisionSun Mar 10 2019 - 16:07
CRH chief Albert Manifold’s pay package dips 5% to €8.23mSlump in share price hits shareholder returnsFri Mar 08 2019 - 16:25
Paddy Power’s Flutter bet tone deaf as regulators, taxmen close inMarket Watch: The odds are being stacked against gambling with regulation tighteningFri Mar 08 2019 - 15:14
Irish Ferries customers face wait for compensationHead of the company’s owner says case is likely to end up in Europe’s highest courtFri Mar 08 2019 - 06:36
Banks starting to hear regulator message on diversityReaction comes after Central Bank warns on the imposition of gender-diversity targetsFri Mar 08 2019 - 00:01
Aviva Ireland profits rise 15% as Friends First deal boosts life businessInsurer warns further reforms needed to cut cost of personal injury claimsThu Mar 07 2019 - 07:45
ICG earnings drop 16% following ferries disruptionsChallenging year for ferry company as late delivery of vessel causes cancellationsThu Mar 07 2019 - 07:26
Datalex staff to question chief executive about firm’s woesCompany calls meeting in attempt to boost morale after shares slide 75% in two monthsThu Mar 07 2019 - 06:30
Irish stocks dip amid mixed reaction to company resultsInvestor confidence in a rally that has sent European stocks shooting up this year shows signs of frayingWed Mar 06 2019 - 19:02
JP Morgan sees IT jobs fuelling doubling of its Dublin workforceNo Brexit dividend for Irish subsidiary as UK roles shift to other European locationsWed Mar 06 2019 - 05:45
Kingspan CEO Murtagh’s pay rose 30% to almost €2m last yearMurtagh received a 7.5% rise in base salary while cash element of his bonus rose 38%Tue Mar 05 2019 - 22:25
Digicel units to sell $550m of to refinance borrowingsDenis O’Brien group plans to sell debt in private placing with investorsTue Mar 05 2019 - 19:48
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire to set up post-Brexit insurance hub in DublinIt will continue to operate its “significant” general insurance business in the UK market and overseas under its existing licencesTue Mar 05 2019 - 13:08
PTSB overcomes ‘existential’ crisis but dividends way off, Investec saysKey challenges facing the mortgage lender include reining in costsTue Mar 05 2019 - 11:40
Lone Star emerges as leading bidder for Cherrywood siteSouth Dublin 73-acre site owned by Hines and King Street could deliver 2,600 homesMon Mar 04 2019 - 06:56
Diageo rattles C&C with plot to rain on Bulmers’ St Patrick’s Day paradeJoe Brennan: New cider wars and new battleground in non-drinking Generation XSat Mar 02 2019 - 05:52
EU confirms plan to keep Irish shares trading under no-deal BrexitEuroclear UK & Ireland could settle securities traded in Dublin until March 30th, 2021Fri Mar 01 2019 - 19:42
AIB may cut jobs as bad loans levels ‘normalise’Bank would need to set aside provision of as much as €163m in event of no-deal BrexitFri Mar 01 2019 - 09:43
No IPOs likely on Irish stock market in first half of the yearCEO Daryl Byrne says second half of 2019 ‘more likely’ in terms of new company listingsFri Mar 01 2019 - 05:15
ISE chief ready to go toe-to-toe on Europe’s trading floors – and mosh pitsHeavy metal fan Daryl Byrne has a ‘clear vision’ for taking the newly rebranded Euronext Dublin on to the world stageFri Mar 01 2019 - 05:01
Digicel bonds decline as executives field questions on cash levelsTelco’s third-quarter results revealed that its cash levels fell by almost two-thirds to $96mFri Mar 01 2019 - 01:00
St James’s Place to buy Dublin investment firm HarvestFtse 100-listed wealth management firm acquires business for less than €12mThu Feb 28 2019 - 08:00
CRH flags further share buy-backs as activist investor hoversBuilding materials group’s shares rise to highest level since OctoberThu Feb 28 2019 - 07:32
Digicel’s debt burden mounts as earnings dipTelecoms group tells bondholders net debt amounts to 6.8 times earningsWed Feb 27 2019 - 19:27
PTSB chief says it is ‘quite right’ bank is fined over trackersNew lending rose 40% to €1.5 billion last year, giving bank a 15.1% mortgage market shareWed Feb 27 2019 - 16:16
FBD to double dividend after strong 2018Insurer’s pretax profit edged up to €50.1 million from €49.7 million in 2017Wed Feb 27 2019 - 07:22
Irish Brexit-sensitive stocks advance on hopes of soft UK exitFading optimism over US-China trade talks offset by confidence UK won’t crash out of EUTue Feb 26 2019 - 20:53
