Irish market appears ripe for consolidation

Building materials giant confirms delisting from London Stock Exchange

Pressure on lenders to resolve more difficult cases

Delisting would leave Irish market with just 23 plcs, down from about 70 in 2007

As much as €140bn in public and private funding will be needed to reach the Government’s housing delivery target of 300,000 homes by 2030

Austrian bank remains in the hunt for PTSB after walking away from non-bank lender controlled by US group Pimco and UK’s M&G

Iseq All-Share index rises with banking stocks in demand

Tony Smurfit and fellow senior officers pay a price as cardboard box-maker’s earnings and shares slid last year

Claims would rank storm as 20th most expensive in Ireland this century

Brussels approved group’s sale last month, paving way for it to close by the end of June

Irish Life and sister company Canada Life Assurance, both of whom are owned by Canada’s Great-West Lifeco, are cornerstone investors in the fund

Deal will make Zurich one of the top three non-life and life insurance providers in the Republic

Dublin-based listed miner says it has been in talks for more than three years on new accord with local government authorities

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Customers of AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB to able to send, request and split payments instantaneously under new system