PTSB shines on Austrian bid hopes as European shares advanceIrish lender surges 2.3% in late trading after reports Bawag ready to bid €1.6bn for bankTue Mar 17 2026 - 18:02
Bank of Ireland to close New York office this year amid US leveraged finance exitChicago and Stamford operations will also shut downTue Mar 17 2026 - 06:00
Foam cup heir Kenneth Dart’s Flutter stake breaches 20% Reclusive billionaire estimated to have made a paper loss of at least $3.5bn on Flutter which missed surge in predictions market Mon Mar 16 2026 - 12:22
Will Zurich’s deal to buy RedClick trigger wave of tie-ups among insurers? Irish market appears ripe for consolidationSat Mar 14 2026 - 06:00
CRH chief Jim Mintern’s remuneration hits $17.8m in first year at helmBuilding materials giant confirms delisting from London Stock ExchangeFri Mar 13 2026 - 20:57
Irish long-term mortgage arrears fall 16% Pressure on lenders to resolve more difficult casesFri Mar 13 2026 - 12:47
Donegal Investment eyes delisting on returning €112m to investors in decadeDelisting would leave Irish market with just 23 plcs, down from about 70 in 2007Fri Mar 13 2026 - 06:00
Irish at ‘Davos of real estate’ spot shift in investor interest in State after reformsAs much as €140bn in public and private funding will be needed to reach the Government’s housing delivery target of 300,000 homes by 2030Thu Mar 12 2026 - 13:01
Austrian bank Bawag talks to buy lender Finance Ireland end without deal Austrian bank remains in the hunt for PTSB after walking away from non-bank lender controlled by US group Pimco and UK’s M&G Thu Mar 12 2026 - 05:00
European shares retreat again as Middle East tensions rattle investorsIseq All-Share index rises with banking stocks in demandWed Mar 11 2026 - 18:19
Smurfit Westrock CEO’s pay falls to €14.1m amid packaging downturnTony Smurfit and fellow senior officers pay a price as cardboard box-maker’s earnings and shares slid last yearWed Mar 11 2026 - 13:16
Storm Chandra and aftermath caused estimated €26m of insured damageClaims would rank storm as 20th most expensive in Ireland this centuryWed Mar 11 2026 - 06:00
Energia’s quarterly earnings rise 17% in advance of French takeoverBrussels approved group’s sale last month, paving way for it to close by the end of JuneWed Mar 11 2026 - 06:00
ISIF commits up to €140m to Irish Life energy-transition joint venture fund Irish Life and sister company Canada Life Assurance, both of whom are owned by Canada’s Great-West Lifeco, are cornerstone investors in the fundTue Mar 10 2026 - 10:32
Zurich to buy Generali’s Irish insurance unit RedClick for €337mDeal will make Zurich one of the top three non-life and life insurance providers in the RepublicMon Mar 09 2026 - 09:05
Kenmare eyes arbitration over ‘unilateral’ Mozambique royalties changeDublin-based listed miner says it has been in talks for more than three years on new accord with local government authorities Mon Mar 09 2026 - 08:08
Markets dive overnight and banks launch new instant payments service ZippayThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Mar 09 2026 - 06:45
Main Irish banks to launch mobile payments serviceCustomers of AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB to able to send, request and split payments instantaneously under new systemMon Mar 09 2026 - 00:01
Banker bonus caps grow more absurd as lenders turn to no-strings share awardsProperly structured performance-related pay would be the carrot to the stick of one of Europe’s toughest executive accountability regimesSat Mar 07 2026 - 06:00
C&C snaps up Scottish beer brand Innis & Gunn from administrators Irish company’s shares have fallen by more than a third over the past six monthsFri Mar 06 2026 - 14:42
FBD profit falls following €30.8m of net costs from bad weather early last yearThe Dublin-listed group’s result from insurance underwriting declined by 33% to €44.9mFri Mar 06 2026 - 07:34
Will the clouds of war rolling in from the Middle east darken the future of Irish banks?Domestic banks published better-than-expected results this week but events have cast a shadow over growth prospectsFri Mar 06 2026 - 06:00
PTSB pays first dividend since 2008 and eyes second-round bidsUnderlying pretax profits dip almost 3% amid declining interest ratesThu Mar 05 2026 - 07:36
AIB plans to return €2.25bn to shareholders and more than quadruple CEO payChief executive Colin Hunt’s pay increased ‘to be much more closely aligned to market norms’Wed Mar 04 2026 - 07:48
Greenman names new chief executive as fund sells assets to meet frozen redemptionsFirm’s flagship German supermarkets fund expects to close sale of a portfolio of properties in June to start meeting redemption requests Wed Mar 04 2026 - 06:00
Central Bank governor Makhlouf to be reappointed for second termCurrent period as chief of banking regulator due to end in autumnTue Mar 03 2026 - 12:03
Aryzta shares jump as Urs Jordi to become permanent chief executiveShares were up 6%, bringing their advance so far this year to more than 15%Mon Mar 02 2026 - 13:26
Bank of Ireland chief sees Middle East risks as he targets €3.85bn interest income by 2028Lender says it will hand €1.2bn to shareholders this year Mon Mar 02 2026 - 07:47
Flutter investors hedge their bets as prediction-market challengers up the anteBillionaire Kenneth Dart estimated to be about $3.5bn underwater on his investment in Irish online gambling groupSat Feb 28 2026 - 06:00
European shares inch up to fresh high on strong corporate updates Irish banks take a step back ahead of a week when all three will report annual figures Fri Feb 27 2026 - 17:53
PTSB sets late-March for second round takeover bids as Bawag and Centerbridge circleGovernment owns majority stake in PTSBFri Feb 27 2026 - 06:00
Davy expands bond desk ahead of expected surge of new debt issuance Securities firm continues to rebuild bond desk after shuttering it 2021Fri Feb 27 2026 - 06:00
Malin CEO to leave and chair take on executive role as portfolio shrinks Dublin-listed life sciences investment company is currently in gradual wind-down mode Thu Feb 26 2026 - 10:17
Cathal Friel-led EGT to buy Arena Capital Partners unit from liquidatorsLondon-listed company floated in 2024 with aim of building portfolio of assets needed for green energy transitionWed Feb 25 2026 - 18:08
Glanbia outlook prompts analysts to up estimatesGlanbia shares up as company announces buybackWed Feb 25 2026 - 10:15
Denis O’Brien emerges as investor in Smurfit brothers’ New Zealand paper millBusinessman took 24.3% stake in company behind Whakatane mill amid refinancing in 2024Wed Feb 25 2026 - 06:20
Central Bank tells three banks to address access-to-cash shortfalls BPFI says the institutions ‘are fully committed to providing the relevant ATM and cash service point services as soon as possible’Tue Feb 24 2026 - 14:32
Landord Ires to buy 77 apartments in Naas as it recycles cashListed residential landlord pays €31.8m raised from sale of non-core assets as it returns to the acquisition trail Tue Feb 24 2026 - 09:51
Hybrid working: Banks, finance and law firms bring Ireland’s workers back to the officeWhile many firms have tightened their hybrid work policies, most still recognise the importance of flexibility as a powerful staff retention toolFri Feb 06 2026 - 06:00
Homes in commuter counties still out of reach of middle-earning first-time buyers, SCSI study finds Affordability study by Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland finds many basic homes are still out of reach of middle-earning first-time buyers Thu Feb 05 2026 - 05:00
DCC shares soar on reassuring trading updateLondon-listed group maintains its full-year earnings guidanceWed Feb 04 2026 - 08:12
NTMA picks Amundi, BlackRock, State Street and UBS for new wealth fundsEach firm will manage funds passively, tracking major stock and bond market indicesTue Feb 03 2026 - 10:26
Banks eye Zippay instant payments launch before St Patrick’s DayAIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB trying to stave off competition from Revolut and othersSat Jan 31 2026 - 06:00
C&C’s profit woes boost case for deal as stock fizzles to 17-year lowIndustry veteran Roger White is struggling with a UK budget that has dented consumer confidence alongside changing market tastesSat Jan 31 2026 - 06:00
Irish funds services firm Carne valued at €1.4bn by private equity tradePermira buys out Vitruvian and some others in transaction that sees group’s valuation more than treble in five years Fri Jan 30 2026 - 08:07
Revenue refunds €28.8m tax on phantom profits to Wirecard Irish unit’s liquidator German fintech collapsed amid scandal in 2020Fri Jan 30 2026 - 06:29
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 Fri Jan 30 2026 - 06:00
Number of homes built rises by 20% in 2025, ahead of expectations of Central Bank and ESRITaoiseach says he wants to see prices moderate, having been fuelled for years by undersupplyThu Jan 29 2026 - 11:23
Barclays names Pat McCormack as Ireland country leadBarclays ‘lifer’ established the British lender’s private banking presence in Dublin in 2008Thu Jan 29 2026 - 06:08
Ireland has ‘elevated’ chance of S&P upgrade to within a notch of AAA in 2026While credit ratings should affect borrowing costs for governments and countries, markets often price debt before agencies actWed Jan 28 2026 - 17:09
