PTSB underlying profit jumps 34% ahead of vote on Bawag takeoverCEO Eamonn Crowley says €1.62bn sale deal followed evaluation of value, stakeholder considerations, and long-term strategic fitWed Jul 29 2026 - 07:36
Irish Life dividends near €2bn under Canadian ownershipDividend payments well exceed €1.3bn Great West Lifeco paid for Irish Life in 2013Wed Jul 29 2026 - 06:00
Malin misses out on $25.9m earnout as centrepiece drug key to 2021 deal is scrappedCompany returned about €390m to shareholders in the past five years as it sold down investmentsTue Jul 28 2026 - 20:25
Irish Aviva shareholders targeted by US firm seeking to buy stock on the cheapUS-based Litani has also been approaching small UK investors in recent weeks to buy stock at a deep discountTue Jul 28 2026 - 15:49
DCC Energy board backs ‘compelling’ takeover bid of up to £5.73bnBoard faces collision course with some top investors who see deal as undervaluing the companyMon Jul 27 2026 - 19:53
ICG shares soar after €1.2bn buyout bid led by chief executive RothwellShares spike above €8 offer price, to €8.08, after weight of buyers delays start of trading Mon Jul 27 2026 - 09:15
VW’s China playbook may come back to haunt it when rivals take it to EuropeGerman carmaker is dealing with plunging sales in its biggest marketSat Jul 25 2026 - 06:00
ICG chief Eamonn Rothwell leads €1.2bn buyout bid almost 20 years after failed attemptThree Irish public companies are now subject to takeover proposals Fri Jul 24 2026 - 19:11
The PTSB takeover looks like a done deal. It isn’tShareholders to vote next week on Austrian bank Bawag’s planned €1.62bn takeoverFri Jul 24 2026 - 06:00
European shares fall as chip stocks and Nestlé tumbleIseq slides 2.4% as Ryanair, Irish Continental Group and banks retreatThu Jul 23 2026 - 18:15
Nama chief Brendan McDonagh to head NTMA’s development finance agency McDonagh’s appointment to head the National Development Finance Agency will take effect from September 1st, NTMA staff have been toldThu Jul 23 2026 - 13:18
Central Bank examines how life insurers take on new investments in thematic reviewRegulator typically runs several reviews per yearThu Jul 23 2026 - 10:59
Avant Money builds up €100m deposit book in first half after entry into savings marketUnit of Spanish banking group Bankinter became a full-licenced branch of its parentThu Jul 23 2026 - 07:25
Núa Money nears €1bn of mortgages in two years of lending Company backed by Allen beef barons of WexfordThu Jul 23 2026 - 06:40
Bawag builds up funds for PTSB deal ahead of crucial voteTransaction values bank at an almost 20% – or €400 million – discountTue Jul 21 2026 - 14:00
Dublin-based drugmaker tidies balance sheet in advance of stock market flotationKeenova Therapeutics secured approval from High Court last week for a $1.79bn so-called capital reductionTue Jul 21 2026 - 06:00
PTSB investors urged by advisory firm to reject €1.62bn sale Glass Lewis has come out against PTSB sale to Austria’s BawagTue Jul 21 2026 - 00:01
European shares fall amid heightened Middle East tension and Ryanair profit slumpOil prices wobble as shipping traffic in Strait of Hormuz comes almost to a haltMon Jul 20 2026 - 18:28
ICS Mortgages could be back in the game as dad of Wimbledon wild card bows outFrench hedge fund manager Loïc Féry is exiting parent company DiloskSat Jul 18 2026 - 06:00
Pepper to buy ICS Mortgages parent Dilosk in return to providing home loansDeal will mark financial service firm’s return to providing mortgages, having sold its previous Irish portfolio in 2018Fri Jul 17 2026 - 08:02
Sweetened DCC offer fails to win over some top shareholders Energy Capital Partners and KKR’s total proposal now stands at £67.97 per share – or £5.8bn – in totalThu Jul 16 2026 - 07:29
Scotiabank Ireland pays $315m dividend to Canadian parent as profits soar Longest-established Canadian bank in Ireland set up a post-Brexit hub in DublinThu Jul 16 2026 - 05:00
Central Bank to review enforcement regime after scathing High Court judgment Governor also insists that regulator has acted lawfully in its handling of controversial Israeli bonds Wed Jul 15 2026 - 18:46
DCC suitors given overnight extension to make bid ahead of agm KKR and Energy Capital have until 7am on Thursday to bidWed Jul 15 2026 - 17:52
Monzo Europe racks up €29m of set-up losses ahead of Irish launch last April Bank had 100,000 customers on a wait list when it officially launched in the Republic in April Wed Jul 15 2026 - 06:00
DCC founder calls for ‘CRH-like’ independent ambition as board nears sale dealUS consortium has until 5pm on Wednesday to at least declare firm intention to bid for companyTue Jul 14 2026 - 18:37
European shares rise on softer US inflation data, Trump backing down on Strait of HormuzDublin bucks trend with slight decline, but Wall Street ahead in early-afternoon tradingTue Jul 14 2026 - 18:22
A €4m vineyard in Meath and PTC’s Irish tax billBusiness Today: The best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Jul 13 2026 - 06:33
Pensions group calls for Irish fund as shift from domestic assets goes ‘too far’Irish assets account for 3% of €145bn in occupational and private pensionsMon Jul 13 2026 - 06:00
SYS Financial exceeds €1.1bn assets under advisement with latest dealDeal-making in the financial advisory business has been gathering pace in recent yearsMon Jul 13 2026 - 06:00
Michael O’Leary’s mega pay-day may hinge on proving Ryanair can thrive without himAnalysts forecasts suggest it will be difficult for O’Leary to hit the profit target laid out in his share options planSat Jul 11 2026 - 06:00
Energia’s new owners appoint Gary McGann as chairmanTakeover completed last month in deal said to be worth about €2.5 billion Sat Jul 11 2026 - 06:00
DCC under pressure to secure higher price despite doubts over Flavin’s call for 50% more US private equity consortium has €6.67bn on the tableSat Jul 11 2026 - 06:00
State-owned companies pay €398m in dividends to exchequerFigure for last year is a 24% increase on 2024, mainly driven by higher dividends paid by DAA and EirgridFri Jul 10 2026 - 06:00
CEO pay in Ireland in 2025: One executive earned $237mBank bosses all received pay hikes while Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary recently extended his contract with a big package of share optionsFri Jul 10 2026 - 06:00
PTSB sale backed by key advisory firm even as price ‘understandably disappointing’ISS recommends that investors vote in favour of PTSB’s sale to Bawag at upcoming shareholder meetingThu Jul 09 2026 - 16:22
NTMA hits two thirds of maximum funding aim for this year with bond saleAgency has issued €9.5 billion of benchmark bonds in 2026Thu Jul 09 2026 - 12:47
Hostelworld’s growth held back by Gulf conflictBackpackers more wary of travelling, with demand in Asia and Oceania worst hit by conflictThu Jul 09 2026 - 08:35
DCC suitors get week to make bid as shareholders baulk at £5.7bn proposal Irish Takeover Panel agrees one week extension to eve of group AGM for suitors to confirm bid or walk awayWed Jul 08 2026 - 17:26
Harris defends likely borrowing for funds even as Irish interest bill set to double National Treasury Management Agency warns that interest bill on track to double to about €6bnWed Jul 08 2026 - 16:33
Is reclusive billionaire’s stake in Flutter fuelling bets against it?Polystyrene cup heir sitting on at least $3.66bn of paper losses on his stake in bookmaker Paddy Power’s parentSat Jul 04 2026 - 06:00
BDO UK & Ireland plan to double Irish staff to more than 1,100 over five yearsMerger creates international business with revenues of nearly €1.26 billionThu Jul 02 2026 - 15:26
Nama CEO in talks on NTMA role as he defends ‘bad bank’ at final Pac meetingBrendan McDonagh yet to confirm what his next role will beThu Jul 02 2026 - 14:42
DCC’s top shareholder comes out against raised takeover proposal Fidelity International says €6.63bn pitch by US private equity groups ‘still undervalues the company’Wed Jul 01 2026 - 12:57
European shares rise to cap strongest quarter since late 2020Iseq All-Share index edges 0.2% higherTue Jun 30 2026 - 18:18
Grafton share buy-backs to hit £455m since 2022 as it starts latest phase of purchases Shares in Grafton have are down about 36 per cent from their 2022 highs Tue Jun 30 2026 - 10:27
CRH’s US mega deal stokes chatter of a European spin-offArcosa purchase may be latest step to CRH becoming a pure US businessSat Jun 27 2026 - 06:00
PTSB chief defends bid remarks after Dáil claims of ‘misleading’ investors Eamonn Crowley said on a call with analysts in October he was not aware of the Government receiving any bid approachFri Jun 26 2026 - 06:00
Digicel upgraded by Moody’s on easing debt burden even as revenues dipDenis O’Brien retains 10% stake in DigicelFri Jun 26 2026 - 06:00
Brexit gave Ireland a financial services jobs boost. Will AI wipe it out? Financial services insiders say Ireland has continued to attract activity following initial Brexit-related movesFri Jun 26 2026 - 06:00
