Why Lehman Brothers was allowed to failIn a departure from its strategy on other banks, the US Federal Reserve refused to assume any of the risk faced by potential buyers. That decision had massive repercussionsThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Divisions emerge over split mortgagesOireachtas committee on finance highlights lukewarm attitude of Ireland’s largest banks to split mortgagesTue Sept 10 2013 - 20:08
AIB may face industrial action over EBSUnite members to hold meeting after talks break down at LRC over EBS bonusTue Sept 10 2013 - 01:01
Permanent TSB urged 1,000 customers in arrears to sellBank urged ‘assisted voluntary sale’ on customers in mortgage arrearsFri Sept 06 2013 - 08:51
TDs and Senators get reality check on mortgage arrearsScale of recourse to legal route to meet ‘sustainable solution’ targets surprises committeeFri Sept 06 2013 - 08:49
Hearings reaffirm just how bad mortgage problem isContrasting exchanges between committee and executives from Bank of Ireland and Ulster BankThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
1,000 bank customers in arrears get loan cutsSome Ulster Bank customers behind with mortgage payments get 0.5% rateThu Sept 05 2013 - 01:00
KBC risks staying a minnow despite plan for personal current accountsBank’s business model came unstuck in a big way when the economy crashed in 2008Wed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
AIB issues warning to almost 6,000 mortgage customersChief executive says action will be taken against clients who refuse to engage over debtWed Sept 04 2013 - 01:00
KBC Bank Ireland launches new current account and targets 10% market shareIreland’s current account market has begun to open up to competition this yearTue Sept 03 2013 - 12:04
Ivan Yates says he is broke and wants to make a fresh startFormer government minister and bookmaker will resume working on Newstalk’s breakfast show from tomorrowTue Sept 03 2013 - 01:17
Banks get welcome deposits from NTMACantillon: agency is thought to have up to 18 months’ worth of funding to help State pay its bills post-bailoutSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Finnan leaving Investec to join Kildare PartnersFinnan to be partner with UK-based private equity fund and managing director of Irish armSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
British pub chain Wetherspoon set to acquire Dublin barPremises in Blackrock set to be remodelled under Wetherspoon brandSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Greyhound board paid out €300,000 in errorSome €49,000 in prizes has yet to be refunded by trainers and ownersFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
PTSB books €429m impairment chargeFigure reveals challenge still facing bank as it seeks to tackle mortgage arrearsFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
Permanent on a long journey to repair balance sheet and rebuild businessThe bank also has a lot of work to do to revamp its brandFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
Giving the greyhound industry a sporting chanceIGB chief executive Adrian Neilan is putting the final touches to a strategic review setting out a growth plan for the next five yearsFri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
Permanent TSB may find comfort in smaller scaleIt’s the smallest of the three Irish banks with State involvement and arguably the most challengedWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:18
Retailer Arnotts appoints Ray Hernan as new chief executiveCompany keen to avoid its loans being transferred to NamaWed Aug 28 2013 - 01:00
Ireland’s 7,400 pubs have debts of just over €2 billionDebt equates to €270,000 per pub and excludes lending for other purposesTue Aug 27 2013 - 21:46
Supermac’s owner buys stake in energy supplement firmPat McDonagh invests in Galway venture behind Revive Active productSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Bankrupt numbers set to soar under law‘Potentially thousands’ to seek status annually now that law changedSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Fitzpatrick’s New York hotels set to increase operating profits by 10%Strong trade from UK boosted firm’s profits last year to $3.16mSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Price of Dublin houses to rise by 10%, predicts ESRIProperty costs may rise 5-7% nationally in 2013 and 8-10% in capitalFri Aug 23 2013 - 01:07
Newspaper sales decline in first half of this yearThe Irish Times had an average daily circulation of 84,201 for first six monthsThu Aug 22 2013 - 16:02
Central Bank names French financial expert Cyril Roux as new regulatorRoux will succeed Englishman Matthew Elderfield at the Central BankThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:10
Elderfield gives Roux a head startAnalysis: the financial regulator designate can build on the good work of his predecessor in repairing Ireland’s financial sectorThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Former chairman of The Irish Times Ltd diesDon Reid (82) was a leading tax practitioner in IrelandWed Aug 21 2013 - 15:37
Investec’s punt on mortgage market sends good signalThe Bottom Line: Investec does not have the legacy arrears issues that bedevil other providersWed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
Who are the Musgraves?The media-shy family behind SuperValu, Centra and (for a few more months) Superquinn have no senior executive role in the business, but they collectively earn millions in dividends every yearSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Arnotts pursues solution to €368m debtDublin store unveils strategy on IBRC loansFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Bank staff accept Labour Court recommendations on AIB pensionsIBOA general secretary says members will co-operate with cost reductionsFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Arnotts needs radical solution to debt woesAnalysis: Next five months will prove crucial in shaping future of Irish retailerFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Roche family nets €39.6m windfall through NTR payoutInvestment group to distribute €100m to its investors from its share capitalFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
Eason seeks further €2.5m in savingsRetailer to focus on pay and conditions with no job cuts or stores closures plannedFri Aug 16 2013 - 01:00
NTR to return €100 million to shareholders and focus on late-stage wind investmentsRoche family to set to net €39.6 million and One51 €23.5 million from share redemptionThu Aug 15 2013 - 22:38
Supermarket chains not revealing profit figuresNo major supermarket group in Ireland publishes financial data for operations hereTue Aug 13 2013 - 01:19
Pepper plans to offer split mortgagesAustralian group plans to warehouse up to half of qualifying mortgagesMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Potential shares benefit for Marubeni as Mainstream Renewable Power exits USMarubeni will pay less for renewable’s shares depending on details of US sell-offMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Irish company to build €35m solar park in UKBRNG Renewables, based in the IFSC, has projects in development in seven countriesMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
Cash-in-transit firm G4S targets 30 redundanciesAbout 30 jobs will be lost at the State’s biggest cash-in-transit operator G4S Cash Solutions Ireland Ltd after workers voted in favour of management’s restructuring proposals.Sat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
S&P expects bank repossessions of buy-to-let properties to riseRatings agency expects Irish banks to ramp up the rate of repossessions of buy-to-let properties for those in arrears with their mortgages and, as a result, doesn’t expect some of our biggest banks to return to profitability until 2015.Sat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Road safety chief Noel Brett appointed as head of banking industry lobby groupFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
KBC reports increase in problem loansClose to 25% of KBC Bank Ireland’s loans now classed as non-performingFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Aviva says “improvements” in performance still needed from Irish businessAviva Ireland doubled its operating profit in first six months of year to £23 millionFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
European stocks advance despite doubtsBank of Ireland big mover of the day in Dublin trading, up 6.7 per cent to 19.1 centsThu Aug 08 2013 - 20:55
Analysis: SuperValu merger makes senseSuperquinn has been working hard just to stand still under MusgraveThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
