The Irish Times

The day the banks stood still: counting the cost of the crash a decade later

Key players recall events leading to the bank guarantee – and its aftermath

Fri Sept 28 2018 - 05:30

Ten years on: The night of the 280-word guarantee that cost €32bn

By September 2008, it was obvious something had to be done to save Anglo

Fri Sept 28 2018 - 05:30

Barclays boss Jess Staley faces City after whistleblower scandal

London Letter: Scourge of bankers Andrew Tyrie steps down after ‘exhilarating’ career

Wed Apr 26 2017 - 05:23

Everest Diary 1: UCD graduate Rory McHugh aims for top of world

Part one: A former poker player whose love of risk extends to the outdoors

Sat Mar 25 2017 - 06:00

Blackstone and Prudential in lead for Bradford & Bingley mortgages

UK bank consortium to lend up to £12.5 billion for purchase of buy-to-let portfolio

Mon Feb 27 2017 - 16:26

UK scraps sale of RBS/Lloyds stakes post-Brexit

Market upheaval and economic uncertainty triggered by vote sees bank disposal plans shelved

Tue Jun 28 2016 - 09:30

£2bn sale of UK bank shares is shelved

Plans dropped owing to economic uncertainty following Brexit referendum result

Mon Jun 27 2016 - 01:00

AIB chairman to step down as chair of UK’s bad bank

Richard Pym to step down from UK Asset Resolution Limited in June 2016

Tue May 24 2016 - 07:54

UK budget: 10 things likely to happen

Chancellor needs to show he still has grip on the economy, has not lost control of public finances and can please Conservative backbenchers to maintain his reputation and support

Wed Mar 16 2016 - 12:39

Britain’s ‘bad bank’ repays further £500m to government

UK Asset Resolution (UKAR) has now returned £14.6bn or 30% of overall loan

Thu Oct 29 2015 - 09:12

UK budget main points: Osborne to raise personal tax allowance

Chancellor knocks a penny off duty on a pint

Wed Mar 18 2015 - 15:32

Bank guarantee ‘unwise and unwarranted,’ says adviser

Claim by Basil Geoghegan that the government sleep walked into guarantee

Fri Oct 17 2014 - 14:10

UK ‘bad bank’ repays £3.8bn in first nine months of 2013

UK Asset Resolution is running down the loans of Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley

Thu Nov 14 2013 - 09:01

As the world’s financial system swooned, the Irish taoiseach crooned

As panic rippled across the Atlantic in September 2008, Irish politicians and officials scrambled to contain the domestic crisis

Thu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00