BofI attracts support to finish session up over 40%Iseq: 2,942.04 (+67.33) Settlement Date: April 6th THE STORY of the Iseq was a tale of banks yesterday, as Bank of Ireland’s…Sat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
Give me a crash course in . . . bank stress testsWhy are the Central Bank’s stress tests so stressful? A medical stress test involves hooking cardiac patients up to ECGs and…Sat Apr 02 2011 - 01:00
EBSEBS BUILDING Society will be folded into AIB as part of a “second pillar” in the Irish banking system.Fri Apr 01 2011 - 01:00
EBS to be merged with AIBEBS Building Society will be folded into AIB to create the “second pillar” in the Irish banking system.Thu Mar 31 2011 - 01:00
Customers are given reassurancesREACTION: PERMANENT TSB chief executive David Guinane has stressed that the suspension of shares in Irish Life & Permanent…Thu Mar 31 2011 - 01:00
IL&P shares suspended ahead of stress test resultIseq: 2,886.64 (+9.98) Settlement date: April 4thThu Mar 31 2011 - 01:00
Iseq 'jittery' over stress testsThe Iseq was the site of rare drama today, as the shares of Irish Life & Permanent were temporarily suspended ahead of the…Wed Mar 30 2011 - 01:00
Call for better rights for tenantsFULLY PAID-UP tenants who are sent eviction notices when their landlords’ properties are repossessed should be given better legal…Thu Mar 24 2011 - 00:00
CRH advances despite drop in US new home salesIseq: 2,813.28 (+5.42) Settlement date: March 28thThu Mar 24 2011 - 00:00
Kylemore bakery records €1.4m in lossesTHE KYLEMORE bakery group recorded pre-tax losses of almost €1Thu Mar 24 2011 - 00:00
What the reports says: Part II, Volume 2In the cynical and venal abuse of office, the brazen refusal to acknowledge the impropriety of his financial arrangements with…Wed Mar 23 2011 - 00:00
Board to discuss hearing of petitionTHE BOARD of Dublin’s Light House cinema will meet today to discuss its future ahead of a High Court hearing of a petition to…Tue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Central Bank to discuss stress tests with chief executivesTHE CENTRAL Bank is to meet the chief executives of AIB, Bank of Ireland, EBS and Irish Life & Permanent later this week …Tue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Europe's bank stress tests to be tougher but pass mark yet to be setEUROPEAN REGULATORS will apply stricter capital rules in its next round of bank stress tests, but the European Banking Authority…Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Liquidator appointed to Total Fitness gym chain as 100 made redundantTHE TOTAL Fitness gym chain has closed down and a liquidator is to be appointed.Fri Mar 18 2011 - 00:00
Total Fitness gym chain shutsThe Total Fitness gym chain has closed down, and a liquidator is to be appointed.Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Central Bank to base stress test on foreign repossession levelsTHE CENTRAL Bank will base its stress tests of Irish lenders on the level of repossessions in the British and US housing markets…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
Tullow secures deal in UgandaTULLOW OIL has reached an settlement with the government of Uganda to develop its interests in the African state, the Irish exploration…Wed Mar 16 2011 - 00:00
Overcapacity in freight and oil price volatility are ICG's most pressing issuesANALYSIS: Fuel costs will continue to be a concern, but ICG hopes growth will help deal with excess capacityTue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Irish Ferries parent firm records 61% rise in profitFERRY OPERATOR Irish Continental Group (ICG) has warned of an “uncertain” 2011 due to higher fuel costs and the effects of austerity…Tue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Subdued day as Iseq follows Europe to close down 1%Iseq: 2,844.89 (-29.61) Settlement date: March 16th: STOCK MARKETS across Europe ended the week on a subdued note, after investor…Sat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
Arcadia sees big fall in profits from Irish storesARCADIA GROUP, the fashion company owned by British retail tycoon Philip Green, saw pretax profits from its Irish stores drop…Sat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
Iseq down on subdued sessionStock markets across Europe ended the week on a subdued note, after investors' confidence in the global economy was knocked by…Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Kilkenny festival aimed at over-50s to target lucrative 'grey market'GREYSTOCK, A festival of culture, sport and debate aimed at people over the age of 50, will take place in Kilkenny in September…Thu Mar 10 2011 - 00:00
Iseq slumps on dull dayEuropean equities took a knock today amid concerns about slowing economic growth, with the Iseq index of Irish shares coming …Wed Mar 09 2011 - 00:00
Construction product supplier makes €7.65m settlementGLEESON CONCRETE, a Tipperary-based supplier of construction products, has made a settlement of €7Wed Mar 09 2011 - 00:00
Record high yield on 10-year Irish bondsTHE YIELD on Irish sovereign debt swelled to a record high yesterday as a downgrade of Greece’s credit rating by Moody’s reverberated…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Tipperary firm pays €7.65m tax billThe Revenue Commissioners yielded more than €116 million from its audit and investigation programmes in the final three months…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Lessons in surviving loneliness by long-distance entrepreneurs“I’M BRODY Sweeney and I used to be introduced as one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs. Used to be.”Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Revenues drop 37% for Trinity BiotechTRINITY BIOTECH, the Irish manufacturer of medical diagnostic products, saw its revenues decrease 37 per cent in the final quarter…Fri Mar 04 2011 - 00:00
Bank of Ireland misled Lenihan on bonusesBANK OF Ireland repeatedly misled outgoing Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan by insisting that no performance-related bonuses…Fri Mar 04 2011 - 00:00
Carphone Warehouse pares losses during 2010CARPHONE Warehouse narrowed its losses in Ireland in the 12 months to the end of April 2010 as it stripped back on costs.Thu Mar 03 2011 - 00:00
Almost €21bn of senior bank bonds guaranteed by GovernmentALMOST €21 billion in senior bonds is guaranteed under the revised Government bank guarantee scheme, new figures published by…Thu Mar 03 2011 - 00:00
Kelcourt Plastics to create 55 jobsKELCOURT PLASTICS, which supplies components to the medical devices industry, is to create 55 jobs over five years at a new medical…Wed Mar 02 2011 - 00:00
Exchequer figures show tax revenues ahead of 2010Tax revenues for the first two months of 2011 are running more than €100 million ahead of last year, new data from the Department…Wed Mar 02 2011 - 00:00
Lenihan holds on in Dublin WestJoan Burton won the most first preference votes in Dublin West following a surge in support for the Labour Party in the constituency…Sun Feb 27 2011 - 00:00
Spanish energy firm Endesa putting Irish unit up for saleSPANISH ENERGY company Endesa is putting its Irish unit up for sale.Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Burton elected on first countJoan Burton has won the most first preference votes in Dublin West following a surge in support for the Labour Party in the constituency…Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Higgins expects four seats for ULAElected Socialist Party MEP Joe Higgins expects United Left Alliance candidates to gain four seats, with the possibility of a…Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Bank union welcomes transfer of 447 staffTHE IRISH Bank Officials Association (IBOA) has welcomed the transfer of 447 staff handling deposits at Anglo Irish Bank and …Fri Feb 25 2011 - 00:00
Mobile technology making news more democratic, says social media expertWHEN AL-JAZEERA's Cairo office was stormed during the recent turmoil in Egypt, it was "only a matter of hours before they remembered…Fri Feb 25 2011 - 00:00
O'Brien increases Aer Lingus holdingTELECOMS TYCOON Denis O’Brien has increased his shareholding in Aer Lingus to almost 3.3 per cent.Fri Feb 25 2011 - 00:00
Planet BusinessA round-up of today's other stories from the world of business...Fri Feb 25 2011 - 00:00
Voluntary burden-sharing 'poses least risk'A VOLUNTARY burden-sharing deal with senior creditors in Irish banks would raise no more than €2 billion for the Irish banking…Thu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
The business of catch-all manifestosThere are many election pledges common to most, if not all, of the party manifestos.Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
