Irish funds services firm Carne valued at €1.4bn by private equity trade
Permira buys out Vitruvian and some others in transaction that sees group’s valuation more than treble in five years
Revenue refunds €28.8m tax on phantom profits to Wirecard Irish unit’s liquidator
German fintech collapsed amid scandal in 2020
Beyond the Big Four: ‘It’s a different animal being a €100m firm’ says Forvis Mazars Tom O’Brien
Tom O’Brien says AI will change how future partners in the accounting sector will be trained
Number of homes built rises by 20% in 2025, ahead of expectations of Central Bank and ESRI
Taoiseach says he wants to see prices moderate, having been fuelled for years by undersupply
Barclays names Pat McCormack as Ireland country lead
Barclays ‘lifer’ established the British lender’s private banking presence in Dublin in 2008
Ireland has ‘elevated’ chance of S&P upgrade to within a notch of AAA in 2026
While credit ratings should affect borrowing costs for governments and countries, markets often price debt before agencies act
Irish mortgage drawdowns hit post-crash high as values rise in ‘dysfunctional’ market
About €14.5bn worth of home loans issued in 2025, according to banking industry group
DAA faces High Court hearing on ‘anti-competitive’ car hire claims
Easirent has been picking up customers at Dublin airport since 2019 under an interim order in long-running case
DCC could trigger FTSE 100 exit if it perseveres with share buybacks from tech unit sale
Five FTSE 250 groups valued more highly by the market than Ireland’s last member of blue chip index
Avant loans reach €5bn as Spanish parent rules out PTSB bid
Avant Money, which is run as a bank branch of Bankinter, saw net interest income rise 16 per cent to €116m
Revolut sends up to 80 suspicious activity reports to gardaí a day
Neobank has 3 million customers in Republic, Oireachtas committee told
Kenmare flags $300m charge as it cuts long-term titanium minerals price hopes
Full-year charge is three times the amount taken in the first half of 2025
PTSB gets lower-than-expected €100m capital relief on mortgages
Move is a key milestone ahead of expected sale of the bank
Virgin Media owner’s Three Ireland bid seen posing few competition issues
CK Hutchison has been gradually selling its European telecoms operations amid tough market conditions













