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Scale of   Irish mortgage default is unprecedented

Scale of Irish mortgage default is unprecedented

Revelation that 100,000 people with jobs can’t afford payments must inform banks’ arrears strategy

Mon Feb 03 2014 - 01:00
Tax lawyers’ charity may not pass public opinion test

Tax lawyers’ charity may not pass public opinion test

You only have to look at the list of charities kept by the Revenue Commissioners to see it’s a veritable Pandora’s box

Mon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Rehab may face scrutiny amid CRC fallout

Rehab may face scrutiny amid CRC fallout

Opinion: Rehab’s board might want to reflect on whether the reluctance of chief executive Angela Kerins to disclose her pay is advisable

Mon Jan 20 2014 - 01:00
Irish Government regains investment grade rating from Moody’s

Irish Government regains investment grade rating from Moody’s

Way cleared for Far Eastern investors to buy Irish bonds

Sat Jan 18 2014 - 07:09
Ireland regains  investment grade rating from Moody’s

Ireland regains investment grade rating from Moody’s

Agency upgrades rating by notch to Baa3 in a major post-bailout boost for the Government

Fri Jan 17 2014 - 22:17
RSA shows high returns always come with high risks

RSA shows high returns always come with high risks

There are only so many ways in which banks and insurance companies can consistently deliver high returns and all of them are dangerous

Mon Jan 13 2014 - 01:01
Why did PAC members not ask the question: who exactly is out to get Nama?

Why did PAC members not ask the question: who exactly is out to get Nama?

McKillen’s central role in the controversy leaves Denis O’Brien in a tricky position

Mon Dec 23 2013 - 01:01
New  dairy scheme will milk more from consumers

New dairy scheme will milk more from consumers

New scheme adds another string to bow of southern milk producers in their battle to keep out northern milk

Sun Dec 15 2013 - 20:45
What is more important: strong banks or nice banks?

What is more important: strong banks or nice banks?

Business Opinion: it is only a slight exaggeration to say the Government has let the banks’ customers be sacrificed at the altar of exit from the bailout

Sun Dec 08 2013 - 20:06
Bord Gáis decision shows that we are finally learning

Bord Gáis decision shows that we are finally learning

The history of the sale of Irish State assets is not a happy one

Mon Dec 02 2013 - 01:01
The unanswered questions about pension reforms

The unanswered questions about pension reforms

Changes to the rules around defined-benefit schemes raise wider issues of moral hazard

Mon Nov 25 2013 - 01:01
Unanswered questions on how banks ‘hid’ their losses

Unanswered questions on how banks ‘hid’ their losses

It is increasingly likely that we will never really get to the bottom of all this, as the temptation to run away into the post-bailout future grows daily

Mon Nov 18 2013 - 01:01
IFSC could look to bank-tech hybrids

IFSC could look to bank-tech hybrids

Convergence between banks and technology companies accelerating

Tue Nov 12 2013 - 01:00
Past 50 years have seen big changes in the way Irish business is reported

Past 50 years have seen big changes in the way Irish business is reported

Everything changed the beef tribunal, and we have been living with investigations and business scandals ever since

Tue Nov 12 2013 - 00:30
Real story of bailout exit is how good crisis was wasted

Real story of bailout exit is how good crisis was wasted

Precautionary credit line issue looks like a ball of smoke from which the Government is mining a political victory

Mon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
Property market bounce is built on wishful thinking

Property market bounce is built on wishful thinking

Business Opinion: shortage of supply in Dublin due to negative equity and mortgage arrears, not restrictive planning

Sun Oct 27 2013 - 22:00
Want to be seen as socially responsible? Pay more tax

Want to be seen as socially responsible? Pay more tax

People get annoyed when they hear that companies making billions pay little tax

Mon Oct 21 2013 - 15:58
Philanthropy cannot be a substitute for paying tax

Philanthropy cannot be a substitute for paying tax

Business Opinion: a proposal to ease tax residency requirements may be financially tempting but is morally objectionable

Mon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
Growth will determine if more austerity is needed

Growth will determine if more austerity is needed

If we don’t hit the targets agreed with the troika, then there will be more cuts

Mon Oct 07 2013 - 01:00
Debt crisis strengthens case for bank recapitalisation

Debt crisis strengthens case for bank recapitalisation

Economic recovery story and bond market endorsement at odds with banks’ failure to tackle debt issue

Mon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
O’Flynn and Nama triumph is still a defeat for taxpayer

O’Flynn and Nama triumph is still a defeat for taxpayer

Balance of the €1.5 bn the developer borrowed from banks will be written off

Mon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
How the big co-ops plan to keep milking high prices

How the big co-ops plan to keep milking high prices

Makers of expensive milk are doing everything they can to make sure no cheap milk is available

Mon Sept 16 2013 - 01:00
Oireachtas hearings show banks have not changed

Oireachtas hearings show banks have not changed

Business Opinion: Irish banking five years after the financial crash appears still to be primarily about short-term profitability

Mon Sept 09 2013 - 01:00
Reasons to be pessimistic about insolvency service

Reasons to be pessimistic about insolvency service

Business Opinion: lack of transparency and banks’ ability to stall debt arrangements may cast shadow over new insolvency regime

Mon Sept 02 2013 - 01:00
Treasury yields €40m for Richard Barrett, the man with the Midas touch

Treasury yields €40m for Richard Barrett, the man with the Midas touch

Opinion: property developer has the last laugh in his dealings with Nama

Mon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Seán Quinn’s role in guarantee a magnet for wild speculation

Seán Quinn’s role in guarantee a magnet for wild speculation

Taken at face value, tapes indicate that perhaps Quinn did not use his influence

Mon Jul 29 2013 - 01:15
Tracker mess a sore subject for Government and ECB

Tracker mess a sore subject for Government and ECB

European Central Bank is integral to most of the obvious solutions

Mon Jul 22 2013 - 11:00
A family business that just keeps on growing

A family business that just keeps on growing

Three generations of the Keelings have turned fruit farm into Ireland’s largest horticultural business turning over €300 million

Fri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
It may  be in the public interest for Alan Shatter to listen to vested interests

It may be in the public interest for Alan Shatter to listen to vested interests

The court services Bill is ridden with potential for unintended consequences

Mon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
Anglo recordings may lead to a less polite banking inquiry

Anglo recordings may lead to a less polite banking inquiry

Impact on efforts to wring concessions from Europe will take time to play out

Mon Jul 01 2013 - 01:00
Is US-style philanthropy really  the best option?

Is US-style philanthropy really the best option?

What the Government is advocating is in many ways anathema to the European social model

Mon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00

Cork’s WiseTek to handle McAfee’s old hardware

Thu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00

Voxpro service to help small US firms into Europe

Thu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Seán Dunne not ‘au fait’ with wife’s business affairs

Seán Dunne not ‘au fait’ with wife’s business affairs

Developer claimed his spouse Gail Killilea ‘wanted to have her own financial affairs totally independent of me’

Thu Jun 20 2013 - 01:00
Why good business finds it so easy to do bad things

Why good business finds it so easy to do bad things

Most business people would consider themselves to be ethical, but many act in ways that a wider audience would deem to be anything but

Mon Jun 17 2013 - 07:32
Tax reform debate not a risk to Ireland, says US banking executive

Tax reform debate not a risk to Ireland, says US banking executive

Jim Rohr of PNC Financial Services says a 2-3% tax hike would not put off US firms

Mon Jun 17 2013 - 01:03

Floor for property prices could put sector back on Government agenda

Nobody, not even estate agents, dares talk of recovery but things seem to have changed for the better

Mon Jun 10 2013 - 01:00
Pension deficit the real problem at Aer Lingus

Pension deficit the real problem at Aer Lingus

Opinion: carrier on verge of resolving long-running problem

Mon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00
Tax deal focus may be mere phase but ire of losers is not

Tax deal focus may be mere phase but ire of losers is not

One of Ireland’s less publicised achievements in recent years has been keeping ourselves off the OECD list of tax havens

Mon May 27 2013 - 01:00
Simplistic debate on IFSC does no one any favours

Simplistic debate on IFSC does no one any favours

Scaremongering about jobs and regulation harked back to Seán FitzPatrick comments

Mon May 20 2013 - 01:00
The simple truth is that Irish banks need more capital

The simple truth is that Irish banks need more capital

Politicians by their nature tend to be optimists, but without functioning banks it is hard to see how we can have growth

Mon May 13 2013 - 01:00
Does McKillen protest too much over Nama?

Does McKillen protest too much over Nama?

Developer alleges ‘sustained strategy’ against him by Nama and Department of Finance

Mon May 06 2013 - 06:00
Insurers strangely quiet on plan to raise award limits

Insurers strangely quiet on plan to raise award limits

By the Government’s admission the proposed measures will potentially increase insurance costs

Mon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Matthew Elderfield may have timed his exit to perfection

Matthew Elderfield may have timed his exit to perfection

Much will hinge on the search for a new financial regulator

Mon Apr 22 2013 - 06:00

Muldoon alert on likely €25bn of impaired SME debt breaches recovery consensus

Need for focus on scale of problem and whether banks will need more funds to fix it

Mon Apr 15 2013 - 07:00
Half of small business debt is impaired, says regulator

Half of small business debt is impaired, says regulator

Progress in resolving problem unacceptable, says Fiona Muldoon of the Central Bank

Thu Apr 11 2013 - 19:31

Skirmishes switch off lights on cohesive, long-term energy policy for Ireland

Parish pump politics is threatening our gas, oil and electricity security

Mon Mar 25 2013 - 06:32

Elderfield wields big stick at banks over mortgage debt

The robust approach of the Central Bank’s deputy governor tells its own tale of the banks’ reluctance to confront the losses in their mortgage books

Mon Mar 18 2013 - 00:06

Foolish to expect too much from IMF ‘bigging up’ State

Substantive power for key decisions rests with other members of the troika

Mon Mar 11 2013 - 12:00

Foolish to expect too much from IMF ‘bigging up’ State

Substantive power for key decisions rests with other members of the troika

Mon Mar 11 2013 - 06:00
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