More corporate dividends than social returnsDespite operating in some of the poorest countries in the world Digicel generated operating profits of $754 million last year –a healthy margin of 27 per centWed Mar 26 2014 - 01:00
Bank of Ireland allows KBC to promote its products to 350,000 customers‘Customer mobility’ measure a condition of Bank of Ireland EU restructuring dealTue Mar 25 2014 - 01:00
Whiskey museum to open in DublinTour operator behind project hopes to attract 100,000 visitors in first yearMon Mar 24 2014 - 01:00
Nama chief urges caution as property market recoversBrendan McDonagh stresses ‘need for caution’ despite recent upturn in sentimentSat Mar 22 2014 - 01:00
Goodbody Stockbrokers agrees to acquire Danske divisionTransfer of custody accounts services to affect about 3,800 private clientsFri Mar 21 2014 - 01:00
O2 acquisition ‘important test’ of regulatory limits, says Moody’sDecisions due on bids by Hutchinson for O2 and Telefonica for KPN’s E-Plus in GermanyThu Mar 20 2014 - 01:00
Digicel to raise $865 million to buy back loan notes due in 2018Funds will be used to repay $775 million in existing debt that is due to be repaid in 2018Wed Mar 19 2014 - 20:21
Third banking force may finally become a realityNoonan has revived the idea to challenge dominance of AIB and BoIWed Mar 19 2014 - 01:00
Irish operations of security group G4S to be managed from BritainFirm’s cash-in-transit and secure solutions businesses struggled in Ireland in recent yearsTue Mar 18 2014 - 01:00
RBS hires Morgan Stanley to advise on Ulster BankUlster Bank chief confirms 1,000 jobs and 39 branches to goFri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Ulster says yes to viable future but admits it’s been ‘a painful process getting there’Chief executive Jim Brown is confident the bank will be back in the black in 2014 and is open to discussions about plans for a ‘third force’Fri Mar 14 2014 - 01:00
Brown Thomas to wind-up dormant companies ahead of refurbishmentGrafton Street flagship store to get €8.5m make-over this yearFri Mar 14 2014 - 00:58
Bank of Ireland to outsource 200 technology roles to AccentureBank says can transfer or take severance package or be deployedFri Mar 07 2014 - 08:22
Lufthansa’s passenger numbers on Dublin routes up 5.6 per cent to 370,000 last yearAirline had ‘fantastic year,’ on Irish routesFri Mar 07 2014 - 01:00
Finance seeks advice on bank shareholdingsDepartment to tender for advisers on strategy for stakes in banksThu Mar 06 2014 - 11:16
AIB executives did not seek bonuses – DuffyChief executive took pay cut in 2013, as bank’s loss more than halved to €1.6bnThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00
Analysis: AIB has work to do to emulate B of I escape actWhile there has been progress, there is a sense AIB hasn’t quite nailed it yetThu Mar 06 2014 - 01:00
BoI makes loss of €235 million on home loansMortgage impairment provision increased by 31% to €1.35bn last yearWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:01
Boucher’s strategy vindicated by Bank of Ireland’s back to black performanceBOI’s share price has declined by about 16 per cent in less than a week - but don’t panicWed Mar 05 2014 - 01:00
Analysis: BoI share sale shows investor interest remains strongSale in stock has aided liquidity in Bank of Ireland sharesTue Mar 04 2014 - 15:50
Analysis: Bank of Ireland back in the black with share price racing aheadBank still has issues to resolve but it now has space to grow the businessTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:05
Bank of Ireland to seek 450 voluntary redundancies in next yearBank has still to use up €25m of a €45m charge taken for redundancies to trim cost baseTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:05
Bank of Ireland sees ‘significant’ progress in 2013Pretax losses narrow to €569m from €1.5bn last yearTue Mar 04 2014 - 01:00
Ulster Bank may play key role in new banking forceNoonan keen to ensure bank does not join exodus of financial institutionsMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Dualway to create 46 jobs in €4.5m expansionBus operator plans to convert Grafton Street property into visitor centreMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Campbell Bewley trebled profits in 2012 to €1.5mUK revenue almost doubled to €10.5m following Darlington acquisitionMon Mar 03 2014 - 01:00
Nama likely to wind up before 2020 deadline, says chairmanState agency will have repaid half of its €30 billion of senior bonds by end of this year, says Frank DalySat Mar 01 2014 - 01:00
Phantom radio to align with Today FM and rebrand as TXFM in MarchIt has accumulated losses of €4.2 millionFri Feb 28 2014 - 01:12
RBS aims for a much leaner operationBank stopped short of revealing the final shape of business in the RepublicFri Feb 28 2014 - 01:11
Ulster Bank in talks with An Post for customer account access at post officesBank’s operating loss rose by 40% in 2013 to £1.5 billion due to higher loan impairmentsFri Feb 28 2014 - 01:01
Ulster Bank loses €3bn in loan write-offsFigure includes £2.2bn charge for transfer of £9bn in assets moved to RBS bad bankFri Feb 28 2014 - 01:00
JD Wetherspoon starts €1.5m building job on Blackrock pubBritish chain wants to open 30 Irish pubsThu Feb 27 2014 - 01:12
Ulster will be streamlined despite RBS lack of specificsUlster Bank staff must be dreading ThursdayWed Feb 26 2014 - 01:01
RBS review unlikely to raise Ulster bank closuresNo ‘big bang’ announcement expected at strategic reviewTue Feb 25 2014 - 01:00
Central Bank paid €11m for balance sheet assessmentsConsultants' reviews of AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB were a condition of exit from Troika bailoutFri Feb 21 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water paying €5m ‘guarantee’ fee for bridging loan from State pension fundUtility also paying rate of 2.5 per cent a year in interest to State pension fund for €250 million loanWed Feb 19 2014 - 01:00
Bord Gáis workers’ share payout is money for old rope . . . our moneyOpinion: a windfall awaits staff as the utility’s State-sponsored employee share ownership plan is wound upWed Feb 19 2014 - 01:00
Rock radio station Phantom 105.2 to cut jobsDublin broadcaster blames falling advertising revenue and ‘competitive market’Sat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Goodbody appointed as joint broker to ICGStockbroker to work alongsides InvestecSat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
State has received €10.24bn from bailed out banks since collapseNet cost to taxpayers of bank bailouts currently stands at €40.5 billionSat Feb 15 2014 - 01:00
Cantillon: BoI a good girl in bad company?Boucher surprises the crowd in response to Dobson’s uncomfortable questionsThu Feb 13 2014 - 11:46
No formal EU inquiry into Irish tax affairs yet - commissionerAlmunia says commission not questioning 12.5% tax, and that Ireland not a tax havenThu Feb 13 2014 - 06:42
Banking ‘must be a support, not a threat’BoI chief Boucher says taxpayers were right to be angry about bank bailoutsThu Feb 13 2014 - 01:01
Fitch says more debt write-off schemes by Irish banks are ‘inevitable’Ratings agency expects that restructuring and enforcements will also increaseWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
Government selling out on 13,000 former Irish Nationwide mortgage-holdersLoans have a combined par value of €1.8bn and have been split into four portfoliosWed Feb 12 2014 - 01:00
BT seeks voluntary redundancies from Irish operationSources said BT wants to reduce its head count by about 100Tue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
Irish businessman nets £25m from sale of debt collection firmMartin Dunphy owned 20 per cent of Marlin, which has been sold for £295mTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:00
AIB to write off debt for some homeowners in arrearsEligible customers will have mortgage split in two and bank to discount loanWed Feb 05 2014 - 08:15
Irish Life staff vote for industrial action in row over payUnion members voted by 95% in favour of action in pursuit of claimsWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
Pre-pack receiverships need statutory frameworkArrangements should be dealt with by the Government in the interest of transparencyWed Feb 05 2014 - 01:00
