Irish ‘junk bond’ devotees get houses in order as market soursJoe Brennan: Smurfit Kappa has been one of the darlings of the Irish market recentlyFri Feb 18 2022 - 20:09
Ulster Bank’s withdrawal from Republic to cost €900mNatWest says phased exit will boost parent group’s capitalFri Feb 18 2022 - 19:13
Competition watchdog warns Bank of Ireland over KBC dealCCPC is concerned over plan to purchase €9bn of performing loans from Belgian bankFri Feb 18 2022 - 12:34
Corporate law shake-up as international legal eagles swoop on IrelandSecrecy on fees survives for now but diversity beckons in post-Brexit blitz by top firmsFri Feb 18 2022 - 09:40
Global effort needed to regulate cryptocurrencies, says Mairead McGuinnessEU commissioner points to volatility and the amount of money invested in such assetsThu Feb 17 2022 - 15:57
Bank of Ireland staff in line for 7.5% pay hike over two yearsDeal marks the bank’s biggest pay award in over a decade as the cost of living soarsWed Feb 16 2022 - 10:26
Mallinckrodt liquidation would trigger $5.2bn financial hole, court toldDublin-based but US-run drugmaker needs debt restructuring plan, experts sayTue Feb 15 2022 - 20:12
IBI hires Bank of Ireland executive as debt advisory headEoin McGuinness has deep knowledge of banking market and broad transaction experienceSat Feb 12 2022 - 06:06
Irish banks among winners from ‘expected 1.5%’ ECB rate hikes, Deutsche Bank saysInstitutions’ earnings are more dependent on interest from loans than most of their European counterpartsFri Feb 11 2022 - 16:47
KPMG and Deloitte ‘corporate undertakers’ make their move as Irish businesses face triple threatJoe Brennan: Might upcoming wave of troubled companies be handled differently to the post-crash victims?Fri Feb 11 2022 - 15:07
Alvarez & Marsal considers establishing an Irish practiceNew York-based firm eyes Irish corporate restructuring and insolvency marketFri Feb 11 2022 - 06:05
European Commission now expects Irish inflation to rise by 4.6% this yearCentral Bank governor reiterates inflation risks ‘are to the upside’ in near termFri Feb 11 2022 - 03:26
Irish Life’s underlying profits rise to almost €200mCanadian parent highlights ‘favourable morbidity experience’Thu Feb 10 2022 - 17:52
State’s Bank of Ireland stake falls below 6%Government has also started to sell down its bailout-era AIB stake to just below 71%Thu Feb 10 2022 - 12:49
Irish law firm Eugene F Collins to merge with Addleshaw GoddardTie-up follows flurry of overseas firms entering Irish market in recent years due to BrexitThu Feb 10 2022 - 09:19
KBC Ireland posts €298m loss amid slew of market exit costsBank books a raft of costs tied to its planned departure from the Irish marketThu Feb 10 2022 - 08:14
Insurance broker Lockton agrees Irish health and pension sector dealsOperation to buy health advisory consultant Total Health Cover and financial broker IfatThu Feb 10 2022 - 05:25
Smurfit Kappa up in Dublin as Europe cheers positive earningsAutomakes lead European gains on hopes of top brand Porsche listing from VolkswagenWed Feb 09 2022 - 19:24
Smurfit Kappa results top expectations despite €675m inflation billPackaging group’s earnings advance 13% to €1.7bn to exceed stock market calculationsWed Feb 09 2022 - 15:20
ICG fends off accounting watchdog challenge over ferry valuesConcern over lack of impairment charges as ferries left idle during pandemic shutdownTue Feb 08 2022 - 19:30
Bank of Ireland chief operating officer Jackie Noakes quitsFormer AIB and Virgin Money executive to assume one of departing boss’s functionsTue Feb 08 2022 - 18:50
Crypto assets ‘highly unlikely’ to get nod for Irish-based retail funds – Central BankRegulator says it would be difficult for small investor to assess risks involvedTue Feb 08 2022 - 12:56
Brokers Ireland attacks competition watchdog over insurance investigationIndustry body hits back at CCPC comments on price signalling by motor insurersTue Feb 08 2022 - 00:01
Providence presses Government on ‘urgency’ of key Barryroe leaseCompany plans to proceed with an appraisal well at the field in 2023Fri Feb 04 2022 - 18:49
Five top KPMG and Deloitte Ireland partners quit for new firmRestructuring specialists joining forces to establish Irish arm of Interpath AdvisoryFri Feb 04 2022 - 15:56
Ryanair capitalises on Covid uncertainty to squeeze unions, rivals and BoeingJoe Brennan: Pay restoration is up for negotiation along with new aircraft ordersFri Feb 04 2022 - 15:37
Mallinckrodt to file Ireland’s second-largest examinership case within daysIrish court will be asked to rubberstamp $1.3 billion debt reduction plan agreed in USFri Feb 04 2022 - 15:27
‘Reforms to bring down insurance costs will take time to filter through’Dubliner who never imagined working in insurance is now heading up Arachas – and he’s on an acquisition huntFri Feb 04 2022 - 12:30
Dilosk’s ICS mortgages hit target-beating €530mNon-bank mortgage lender rejects speculation that it could soon be taken overFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:48
AIB picks internal candidate Hilary Gormley to lead UK unitMove comes as division’s current postholder Robert Mulhall is to leave groupFri Feb 04 2022 - 05:43
Ulster Bank agrees 4% pay increase ahead of redundanciesLender committed to not pursuing redundancy scheme until at least after first half of 2022Wed Feb 02 2022 - 16:47
Irish-based banks rule out return to five-day office weekStaff likely to work three days a week remotely, survey findsWed Feb 02 2022 - 13:06
Irish Credit Bureau wind-up meeting hears of ‘fractious’ boardSharp exchanges in wake of Central Bank award of credit register contract to Italian firmWed Feb 02 2022 - 05:55
Fitch upgrades Ireland to AA- on easing debt burdenAgency sees State’s debt burden on a ‘firm downward trajectory’Fri Jan 28 2022 - 22:46
European markets drop as tech stocks and carmakers slideCRH helps Iseq to a 0.9% climb and investors weigh FBD rulingFri Jan 28 2022 - 20:11
FBD eyes target-beating €100m profit as it passes on more pub costsInsurer issues update after court ruling on business interruption casesFri Jan 28 2022 - 17:48
Fed’s war on inflation will expose some stock-market miragesJoe Brennan: US central bank doesn’t have mandate to offer stock investors a sustained rallyFri Jan 28 2022 - 16:14
Grid Finance names former top Department of Finance official John Moran as chairmanCompany advances cash to micro and small businessesFri Jan 28 2022 - 12:21
AIB faces overseas competition for Ulster Bank’s €6.5bn tracker mortgagesUS powerhouse Pimco and M&G Investments from London lining up offersFri Jan 28 2022 - 06:05
Crowdfunding: will Central Bank oversight help or hinder sector?Experts hope it will help Ireland catch up with UK – but the model will always be riskyFri Jan 28 2022 - 05:04
S&P sees ‘business-friendly’ Irish economy if Sinn Féin in governmentInfluential ratings agency sees no direct link between election outcome and credit statusWed Jan 26 2022 - 12:47
Goodbody appoints Finbarr Griffin as corporate advisory headFormer head of corporate finance with stockbroker takes charge of team of 30Wed Jan 26 2022 - 05:55
Goodbody says PTSB’s Ulster Bank deal can pave way for return of dividendsBank to buy €6.8bn of loans as UK-owned lender retreats from Irish marketTue Jan 25 2022 - 17:57
Irish funds services firm Carne to buy WTW unitDeal sees investment platform take ‘minority stake’ in Dublin firmTue Jan 25 2022 - 10:50
After its ‘near-death experience’, where does Unilever go from here?Joe Brennan: Behemoth has been struggling to grow its sales at same pace as rivalsFri Jan 21 2022 - 15:35
State’s stake in AIB Bank dips below 71%Government accelerating clawback of the bank’s crisis-era rescue billThu Jan 20 2022 - 15:03
Republic’s ‘shadow banking’ sector the fifth largest worldwideSector has tripled in size in past decade and now equates to nine times size of the economyThu Jan 20 2022 - 14:11
Corporate financier Liam Kiely leaves IBI within months of joiningCompany understood to be unaware he was facing trial on alleged fraud offencesThu Jan 20 2022 - 05:39
Donohoe criticised for not banning wage-supported firms from paying dividendsMinister says 402 employers had repaid all the EWSS supports they had receivedWed Jan 19 2022 - 19:50
EBS considers pulling back from savings products to focus on mortgagesAIB-owned unit is undertaking a strategic reviewWed Jan 19 2022 - 17:30
