Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan

Markets Correspondent

Joe Brennan is Markets Correspondent of The Irish Times.

Kenmare secures further $30m loan facility amid covenants waiver after profit slump

Irish-listed miner agrees financial wriggle room as markets for the main product from African mine remain challenging

Central Bank seeks job cuts after staff numbers doubled since financial crash

Governor Gabriel Makhlouf warns staff of need to cut costs by €75m

Irish Life spends close to €200m redeveloping Dublin headquarters

Investment increases the footprint of Abbey Street campus by about 40%

CRH to buy US peer Arcosa for $8.5bn in biggest deal to date

Deal would eclipse CRH’s €6.5bn purchase of assets from European rivals Holcim and Lafarge over decade ago

Investors put Greencore back on the shelf after merger, even as chairman returns for more

Bakkavor deal was expected to send shares into overdrive but that hasn’t happened

Michael O’Leary agrees to extend Ryanair contract into his 70s with potential €153m pay-day

Chief executive to head carrier until 2032

SBCI finds one in 20 home energy upgrade loans in breach of terms

Two-year-old scheme has had 1,135 loans to a combined value of more than €56bn drawn down

European shares fall on hawkish tone from US Federal Reserve

But Iseq rises with strong performance from Ryanair

Irish fund invested in five firms named in UN report on Israeli settlements

Combined value of stakes in Airbnb, Motorola and others stood at €6.7m

Macquarie’s Irish unit dividends near €190m as post-Brexit move pays off

Surge in trading income helped drive 14% rise in net profit last year, CRO filings reveal

European shares advance as investors await details of Iran deal and Fed policy outlook

Iseq All-Share index closes at fresh all-time high, with banking stocks and home builders in demand

Higher Irish SME loan rates still hitting credit demand, ESRI says

Irish small firms still paying interest rates well above EU average

European shares continue rally as details of US-Iran agreement awaited

Oil prices decline for fourth ​consecutive session

Rathbones pauses new higher-risk clients after UK financial watchdog engagement prompts review

Wealth management company still trying to convince Central Bank to allow it to set up EU hub in Dublin

Flutter investor Dart nears 30%, Erisbeg signs €175m deal

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