Bank raises issues over VHI risk equalisation schemeThe Central Bank has raised a number of significant issues that could prevent the successful authorisation of the VHI as an insurer…Mon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
Did Anglo really have to die so Ireland could be free?BUSINESS OPINION: The Tánaiste no doubt spoke for many last Friday when he expressed his delight that Anglo Irish Bank has been…Mon Feb 11 2013 - 00:00
Should we look for a reformed EU?BUSINESS OPINION:The negotiations with the ECB on refinancing the Anglo Irish Bank promissory note are – to put it mildly – at a delicate stageMon Feb 04 2013 - 00:00
Opposition fails to cash in on Torpey move to B of IIt is curious how little has been made by the Opposition of Michael Torpey decamping from the Department of Finance to Bank of…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Department of Finance banking specialist resignsAnother member of the Department of Finance banking unit has resigned, days after it was announced that Michael Torpey, the head…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Investor enthusiasm for Irish banks belies problemsBUSINESS OPINION: It is hard to reconcile the new-found enthusiasm of international investors for the Irish banks with what …Mon Jan 14 2013 - 00:00
We need to convince rather than threaten GermansBUSINESS OPINION: It was interesting if not all together surprising to see Labour respond so strongly to Brian Hayes’s assertion…Mon Jan 07 2013 - 00:00
Hasenstab endorsement carries international cloutMichael Hasenstab has spoken and he has said lots of very nice thingsMon Dec 17 2012 - 00:00
Why is the Government helping a rival to the banks?BUSINESS OPINION: One of the more interesting titbits in last Wednesday’s Budget was the revelation that the National Pensions…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Unfair tax competition plan will challenge Irish regimeBUSINESS OPINION: Come Wednesday all eyes will be on the Dáil and Michael Noonan’s second budgetMon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
Income threshold for the new pariahs is €100,000BUSINESS OPINION: When did €100,000 become the new €500,000? At some point in the last year or so €100,000 has become the income…Mon Nov 26 2012 - 00:00
Mistake to sink budget axe into tax relief on pensionsThe pensions industry can be forgiven for feeling a little paranoid given recent events.Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
Government should take long overdue look at IBRCBUSINESS OPINION: Public anger at the salaries paid to the senior management at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is understandable…Mon Nov 12 2012 - 00:00
Was NewERA only a fig leaf for the sale of State assets?It is well over a year since Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin announced the establishment of the new body which was a commitment…Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Design2012: Changes to Business+We are making some changes to the composition of the daily business supplements as part of the redesign of The Irish Times.Mon Nov 05 2012 - 00:00
Bank debt possibilities left open by Merkel's ambiguityBUSINESS OPINION: SO NEAR, yet so farMon Oct 22 2012 - 01:00
Report raises questions over auditing profession's role in crisisBUSINESS BRIEFING: EARLIER THIS month the Financial Reporting Council, which sets the accounting rules for Ireland and Britain…Mon Oct 15 2012 - 01:00
Was Nama led up the garden path by Treasury manoeuvres?BUSINESS OPINION: IT IS unlikely that the expected liquidation of Treasury Holdings tomorrow will be seen as the National Asset…Mon Oct 08 2012 - 01:00
Genealogy sector must unwind its historically twisted rootsBUSINESS OPINION: A SEEMINGLY logical move by the National Library to look for a partner to digitise its collections may well…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Library seeks help to digitise collectionTHE NATIONAL Library is seeking a partner to digitise its collection of genealogical and other material in a move that may mean…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
On the issue of PRSI, who is trying to scare us and why?BUSINESS OPINION: WHEN SOMEONE goes to the trouble of leaking something twice, it is probably worth asking whyMon Sept 17 2012 - 01:00
How State's bailout discourages banks from lendingBUSINESS OPINION: LAST WEEK this column attempted to answer a letter from a reader struggling to understand why the banks are…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Troika diktat looms large in reasons for credit squeezeBUSINESS OPINION : ANONYMOUS LETTERS are usually best ignored, but one which awaited me on my return from holidays was hard …Mon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Will we learn why Connolly abandoned challenge to INM pay-off?BUSINESS OPINION: INDEPENDENT NEWS and Media will seek to restore some normality to its boardroom later this month when four…Mon Aug 06 2012 - 01:00
Bill far too light on legal profession's excessesBUSINESS OPINION: JUSTICE BRIAN McGovern struck a chord last week with his comments about certain professionals “feasting on…Mon Jul 30 2012 - 01:00
New health insurer's entry is hard to fathomBUSINESS OPINION: THE ENTRY of Glo into the health insurance market means the State now has four dogs in this particular race…Mon Jul 23 2012 - 01:00
Spanish law sinks teeth into banks as we faff about with AngloTHE MANNER in which the Spanish have moved to hold the architects of Bankia’s destruction to account inevitably invites comparison…Mon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Facing up to Facebook's value: Wall Street takes sober viewBUSINESS OPINION: The Facebook flotation sent a shiver through Silicon ValleyMon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Eirgen to announce creation of 30 jobsEIRGEN, THE Waterford-based maker of niche cancer drugs, will this morning announce the creation of 30 jobs supporting the research…Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
The great defined benefit pension conspiracyCONSPIRACY THEORIES are the very stuff of journalismMon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Dead hand of cronyism evident in jobs for party apparatchiksBE CAREFUL what you wish for is the phrase that comes to mind when you read that Craig Barrett, the former Intel boss, is offering…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Market to pass judgment on Spanish bailoutBOND MARKETS will pass their initial judgment this morning on whether Spain has broken the link between its fiscal crisis and…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Control of State telecom infrastructure should draw in MinisterTHE INTEREST shown by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the ownership of Independent News and …Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
German economics is far more than fear of inflationThe most significant belief in ordoliberalism is that economies can absorb economic shocks as long as prices and wages adjustMon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Top bankers appear to be passing test of fitness and probityBUSINESS OPINION: IT MAY have passed you by, but the hour of reckoning for Ireland’s top bankers has been nighMon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Media-savvy economists playing both sides against the middleONE OF the more interesting phenomena of the crash years has been the emergence of the celebrity economist.Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Chopra hints that Spain's adversity may be our opportunityBUSINESS OPINION: HAS IRELAND’S relentless love-bombing of Ajai Chopra worked? Has the heart of this gnomic bureaucrat been …Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Banks hold whip hand in saga over INM ownershipBUSINESS OPINION: ONE RATHER salient fact seems to have been overlooked in the brouhaha over Denis O’Brien and his supposed …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Taking legal advice on what is just wrong is a sticky issueUp until now, the issue of the big commercial law firms’ role pre-crisis has got little enough attentionMon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
McKillen case dredges up memories of Anglo cultureAS EVERY teenager knows, things can get pretty uncomfortable when your text messages are read by people other than the intended…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Final fate of buy-to-let investors will be decided by politiciansThe banks would like to keep debt forgiveness to a minimum because it’s good banking policy and they are strapped for cashMon Mar 19 2012 - 00:00
Appointment of outsider to Finance post will challenge groupthinkIT IS far from the ideal startMon Mar 12 2012 - 00:00
A banking lesson Europe can learn from IrelandBUSINESS OPINION: IT IS A measure of how much things have changed that we consider it progress when Irish banks can borrow from…Mon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
Treasury's actions only reinforce view of Irish developersBUSINESS OPINION: AFTER FOUR days of spin and counter spin plus much eloquence from our learned friends, are we much the wiser…Mon Feb 27 2012 - 00:00
EU-IMF spotlight may be hindering Nama's ability to shineBUSINESS OPINION: NAMA IS under siegeMon Feb 20 2012 - 00:00
Giving some taxpayers a better deal in battle for jobsBUSINESS OPINION: WHEN IT comes to hard sells, they should not come much harderMon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Specialised body to tackle financial crime a necessityPaul Appleby’s office is not geared up to properly fight white-collar crimeMon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
Mortgage debt move a brave if unorthodox fiscal decisionBUSINESS OPINION: Forgiveness will need agreement from 75% of secured creditors, which will mean the banksMon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Dismissing bailout may be tactical and not empty bravadoBUSINESS OPINION: MICHAEL NOONAN’S blithe dismissal two weeks ago of any talk of a second Irish bailout as ludicrous seemed …Mon Jan 23 2012 - 00:00
State would not save cent from an Anglo note rate cutBUSINESS OPINION: The problem is the size and the term of the Anglo debt, not the interest we are payingMon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
