US Congress votes to lift debt ceiling for three monthsUS Republicans have approved a measure to avert a showdown with President Obama and another fiscal crisis next month, giving …Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Clinton testifies on Benghazi attackUS secretary of state Hillary Clinton gave a robust and at times emotional defence in her long-awaited congressional testimony…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
NRA in furious attack on Obama's gun proposalsThe National Rifle Association has accused US president Barack Obama of demonising gun owners and attempting to put “every private…Thu Jan 24 2013 - 00:00
Nanny on assault chargeA 34-year-old Irish nanny living near Boston has been accused of fatally injuring a baby in her care on the infant’s first birthday…Wed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
Cool reaction from Republicans to Obama's call for compromiseRepublicans reacted coolly to US president Barack Obama’s inaugural address and call for compromise to introduce ambitious laws…Wed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
Irish nanny on assault chargeA 34-year-old Irish nanny living near Boston has been accused of fatally injuring a baby in her care on the infant’s first birthday…Wed Jan 23 2013 - 00:00
Rapturous reception for ObamaBarack Obama celebrated being sworn in for a second term as president last night, dancing with his wife Michelle to Al Green’…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Clock starts to tick for vital second term tasksAnalysis: Obama faces major challenges as the temporary goodwill of Republicans fadesTue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Crowds greater than at any second inaugurationNot the same enthusiasm but 700,000 people attend public eventsTue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
Irish nanny accused of assaulting babyA 34-year-old Irish nanny living in Quincy, just south of Boston, has been accused of fatally injuring a one-year-old baby in…Tue Jan 22 2013 - 00:00
No fluffing as President Obama takes oath at private eventBarack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was sworn in for his second presidential term just before noon yesterday…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
US prepares for Obama's second big day outThe 44th president’s reinauguration is set to be more low key than the 2009 eventMon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Obama lays out vision as he is sworn in for second termPresident Barack Obama laid out his vision for the next four years in a wide-ranging inaugural speech that called for political…Mon Jan 21 2013 - 00:00
Obama sworn in as US presidentBarack Obama, the 44th US president, was sworn in for his second presidential term in a low-key private ceremony at the White…Sun Jan 20 2013 - 00:00
IMF chief warns of economic 'relapse'International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde has warned against governments sitting back and relaxing following…Fri Jan 18 2013 - 00:00
Providing the 'nuts and bolts' for financial servicesCiti in Ireland is more like a sophisticated manufacturing company than a bank, says its Irish chief Aidan BradyFri Dec 21 2012 - 00:00
My great privilege to report on banking's dire upheavalThis is my final “Bottom Line” column as Finance Correspondent for The Irish Times before I move to the United States to become…Wed Dec 19 2012 - 00:00
US teeters on edge of fiscal cliffIt’s been described as a fiscal cliff – the looming raft of spending cuts and tax hikes that will send the US economy back into…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
IFSC vetoed insurance levy for their firmsThe financial services industry successfully lobbied Government to have IFSC-based international insurers excluded from the Quinn…Fri Dec 14 2012 - 00:00
Dial M for mortgage arrears - teams of collectors awaitA bank worker sits at his desk talking through a headset to a customer worried their credit record will be affected by a missed…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
Regulator calls for review of lawThe State’s financial regulator has called for an examination of the laws against white-collar crime saying the delay in taking…Wed Dec 12 2012 - 00:00
KBC opens retail branch on Baggot Street, the first of severalBelgian-owned KBC Bank Ireland opens its first high-street retail branch today as part of plans to open a further five outlets…Mon Dec 10 2012 - 00:00
Custom House Capital failure costs State €15mClaims by investors who lost out in the failure of Dublin firm Custom House Capital have cost the State’s investor compensation…Wed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Losses in insurance sector up to €500mIncreased losses at Quinn Insurance pushed total underwriting losses in the Irish general insurance market to almost €500 million…Wed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Extension of bank guarantee likely to be the last, says FitchThe extension of the Government bank guarantee to the end of June 2013 is likely to be the last, ratings agency Fitch said but…Wed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Delay in enacting insolvency legislation is destroying livesIt’s hard to delete a contact from your phone, even after their death. Contacts are the lifeblood for journalistsWed Dec 05 2012 - 00:00
Cantor Fitzgerald finalises takeover of broker DolmenUS securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald has completed the long-mooted takeover of Irish stockbroker DolmenTue Dec 04 2012 - 00:00
German bank group supports debt dealUsing the euro zone bailout fund to lift bank debt from the State “makes a lot of sense”, given Ireland’s progress towards economic…Mon Dec 03 2012 - 00:00
Ernst and Young to be sued over auditing of AngloQ Will the auditors be held to account for their part in the banking crisis?Sat Dec 01 2012 - 00:00
Quinn hires audit firm co-owner is suingAccountancy firm Ernst & Young has been appointed the new auditors to the Quinn Group, which is part-owned by the former …Fri Nov 30 2012 - 00:00
IBRC takes case against Anglo auditorsThe former Anglo Irish Bank has taken legal action against Ernst & Young, auditors to the bank before the financial crisis…Thu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
IBRC suing Anglo Irish auditorsThe former Anglo Irish Bank has taken legal action against Ernst & Young, auditors to the bank before the financial crisis…Thu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
Watershed moment in Irish banking crisis as accountancy giant is suedAnalysis: This is the first time an Irish bank has put the spotlight on its external auditorsThu Nov 29 2012 - 00:00
Irish banks must not forget the sky-high cost of moneyOne of the starkest consequences of the financial crisis affecting everything, from countries to banks to businesses to borrowers…Wed Nov 28 2012 - 00:00
IBRC takes case against auditors over Anglo roleThe former Anglo Irish Bank has sued the one-time auditors to the bank, the blue-chip accountancy firm Ernst & Young, over…Wed Nov 28 2012 - 00:00
AIB gauging investor demand for public bondAIB has hired four international banks to test investor appetite for its first public bond since March 2010Wed Nov 28 2012 - 00:00
Trailblazing businessman whose career mirrored the rise and fall of the boomPublican and hotelier Hugh O’Regan, who has died unexpectedly at the age of 49, was a trailblazing businessman in Dublin’s social…Wed Nov 28 2012 - 00:00
Businessman Hugh O'Regan diesThe death has occurred of publican and hotelier Hugh O’Regan, one of the most prominent businessmen of the Celtic Tiger era. …Tue Nov 27 2012 - 00:00
Danske's man in Ireland banking on a new beginningBUSINESS INTERVIEW: Terry Browne, head of the newly rebranded Danske business in Ireland, arrives into a meeting room in his…Fri Nov 23 2012 - 00:00
Bank sells off its car loans at 18% discountState-owned Permanent TSB has sold most of the loans in the bank’s car finance and leasing division to a company controlled by…Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
Ulster Bank yet to pass mortgage relief onAlmost 38,000 first-time buyers who borrowed to buy homes during the peak years of the boom have yet to receive full mortgage…Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00
Global business migration to London to benefit Ireland, says City mayorThe Irish financial services industry will benefit from global businesses moving to London, even though the two centres compete…Wed Nov 21 2012 - 00:00
More ex-AIB executives asked for contributionState-owned AIB has written to additional former senior executives of the bank and its subsidiary EBS asking them to make a contribution…Wed Nov 21 2012 - 00:00
3,000 bankers earning over €100,000Almost 3,000 bankers at the State’s four bailed-out lenders earn total pay of more than €100,000 a year.Wed Nov 21 2012 - 00:00
History of the crash being rewritten by the blinkeredHistory is said to be written by the victors but there are so few winners in recent Irish history that the battle to tell the…Wed Nov 21 2012 - 00:00
Ulster Bank fined €1.96m for breachesUlster Bank has imposed pay curbs on staff responsible for breaches of rules on how much day-to-day cash it holds to cover deposits…Tue Nov 20 2012 - 00:00
Former Nama loan manager sets up firmA former loan manager at the National Asset Management Agency has set up his own property management company within months of…Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
Hotel investors seek talks with Nama receiverA dispute over rent due to 40 investors in the Clarion Hotel Liffey Valley and a receiver appointed by ACC Bank has escalated…Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
Moody's expects bank lossesRatings agency Moody’s still expects “substantial” losses on the mortgage books of the banks but believes bank profits will improve…Mon Nov 19 2012 - 00:00
Euro zone share indexes fall againEuropean markets ended another difficult week as investors remained concerned that US President Barack Obama and Congress would…Sat Nov 17 2012 - 00:00
