AIB

Moves come as ECB continues to reduce interest rates

Terms to offer to buy back substantial chunk of remaining bailout-era holding in bank were agreed before Trump ignited market turmoil

Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, AIB and European Investment Fund among investors

Núa Money co-founder Fergal O’Leary says there is an opportunity for more players to come into the Irish mortgage market and take market share from the banks

Banking stocks out of sorts on Iseq

Iseq index up 2.3% as banks move higher, fuelled by positive updates from a trio of US lenders

Relief sees markets ‘mechanically rebound’ across continent

Mobile capital is panicking because, like the rest of us, it does not know what is going to happen next

Failure to address what happens to the home you shared can leave both parties in limbo when it comes to moving on with their lives

Important to consider the cost of your debt compared to the benefit of saving in terms of interest rates

Finance Ireland is 51% owned by US investment management giant Pimco

Companies with exposure to China fall as it retaliates to Trump’s tariffs with 34% additional levy on imports from US

Government is guaranteed a minimum price of €6.26 a share but they have been trading as low as €5.78

Minister for Finance agrees to directed buyback plan

Move would reduce State holding in lender to about 3%

Iseq All-Share index loses 1.5% with banking stocks out of sorts

Calls to customers claim to represent reputable companies and financial institutions, the bank said

UK equities close higher after Rachel Reeves pushes back spending plans

AIB rose almost 1% in Dublin before it emerged Goldman Sachs has started to sell about a 3% stake on behalf of an investor

Few developers cater to the market for single people and banks often require higher deposits

Issuance comes two months after the bank raised €700m in perpetual bond sale

Retailers and sportswear-makers decline after bleak Puma forecast

‘Muted operating environment’ sees building activity shrink again in February, according to AIB survey

There is a compelling rationale for a credit guarantee scheme for small builders, partially underwritten by the State, to advance finance to developers with viable housing projects but insufficient equity

Irish index of shares ends week in negative territory alongside European peers

Iseq index up 2.9% amid big moves for AIB and Kingspan

State’s remaining 5% stake, after a planned €1.2bn buy-back, is currently worth €790 million

Taxpayers have so far recovered €18.5bn from the bailed-out bank in stock sales and dividends

New business and total activity increased at the weakest rates in just over a year, new data from AIB shows

Retail scheme was developed on site of former Jervis Street Hospital in city centre in 1990s

Bank of Ireland expects to use up its crisis-era deferred tax assets by the end of 2028

Latest increase in total new work the fastest recorded since May 2022

Seen & Heard: Taxpayers ‘miss out’ on €9bn; increase stock awards for BofI chief; homes ‘never to be built’

Properties include Bewley’s Café building and PTSB on Grafton Street

European shares down as investors weigh prospect of 25% US tariffs on cars, pharmaceutical goods and chips

With Irish savers increasingly attracted by rates on offer in foreign banks, here’s what to look for – and the pitfalls to avoid

Wall Street’s main indices slipped after hotter-than-expected inflation data

Data in latest 4Dublin Housing Supply Pipeline indicate construction pipeline is still relatively strong

Homeowner wants to know if paying off their mortgage at this stage will lock them out of any chance of a refund or compensation

Bank estimated to be on track to save €21 million from 300 job cuts