Inside the €6bn Barchester deal that netted three Irish billionaires a major windfallDermot Desmond, John Magnier and JP McManus netted a huge windfall from the sale of their Barchester Healthcare business this week to listed US group WelltowerFri Oct 31 2025 - 05:55
PTSB puts itself up for sale as State eyes exit from Irish bankingGoldman Sachs has been hired to manage saleThu Oct 30 2025 - 07:15
Property fund warns Irish investors of ‘knee-jerk’ redemption risk for €1.26bn portfolio Fund, which about 8,000 Irish investors back, faced an uptick in redemption requests in the third quarter Thu Oct 30 2025 - 05:00
Bank of Ireland upgrades interest income forecast slightly Lower average rate on billions of euros of excess deposits stored with ECB a factor Wed Oct 29 2025 - 09:02
Ardagh seen torching riskiest bonds through courts as consent route fails Holders of Ardagh’s senior bonds have backed a major debt restructuring planTue Oct 28 2025 - 10:58
Three Irish billionaires to share most of €5.9bn deal for UK nursing homes business JP McManus, Dermot Desmond and John Magnier to net windfall as US group Welltower confirms acquisition of Barchester nursing homes business Tue Oct 28 2025 - 08:05
JP McManus, Dermot Desmond and John Magnier to share most of £4bn nursing homes dealTycoons set to get lion’s share from sale of UK’s Barchester Healthcare businessSat Oct 25 2025 - 06:00
When does a bigger cleanup bill than the one for trackers count as good news for a bank?With its UK motor finance provision, Bank of Ireland shows it has learned from tracker scandal hereSat Oct 25 2025 - 06:00
The financial brokers aiming to tap into Ireland’s ‘medium earners’Advisers’ firms seek deals to tap market with more than €550bn in assets to manageFri Oct 24 2025 - 06:00
Ardagh Metal raises profit forecast again as bondholders prepare to take charge Paul Coulson is preparing to cede control of Ardagh Metal Packaging and its parent, Ardagh Group, in debt restructuringThu Oct 23 2025 - 14:27
Avant Money loan book rises 20% to €4.4bn, driven by mortgages Figures mark a return to quarterly loan growthThu Oct 23 2025 - 11:34
Financial Services Union opens ballot on AIB hybrid working regimeLender informed staff of its plans in JulyWed Oct 22 2025 - 16:43
Tony Delaney’s SYS Financial in talks with potential investors to fund dealsFirm founded by former Tipperary hurler Tony Delaney seeks extra capital for deal-makingWed Oct 22 2025 - 06:00
Trump’s ‘peace tour’ piles pressure on Tullow Oil as $1.3bn refinancing loomsGlobal supply glut, failed mergers, production difficulties and parlous finances weigh on business with market cap at just 1% of 2012 peak Sat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
DAA board views payout to CEO Kenny Jacobs as lower cost settlement option with reduced risks, minister toldDAA board agreed to a payout of just under €1m for CEO following mediation process, after a rift emerged between the two sidesFri Oct 17 2025 - 18:25
Notable Datalex shareholders join Dermot Desmond in providing €6m in loans as outlook improvesTravel retail software group to pay 16% interest on €1m borrowing from Sean O’Driscoll and Nick Furlong as well as €4m loan from Desmond Fri Oct 17 2025 - 17:09
Grant Thornton Advisers appoints Steve Tennant as Europe, Middle East and Africa head He will continue to lead Irish operationThu Oct 16 2025 - 15:08
Trade finance firm Teybridge Europe eyes €100m valuation under Spanish dealCompany has 22 employees, split between offices in Dublin and LondonThu Oct 16 2025 - 12:53
Johnny Sexton joins private equity firm ExponentFormer Irish rugby captain to take role in addition to coachingThu Oct 16 2025 - 10:36
Avant Money offers savers market-leading rate of 2.6% in ‘soft launch’Participants in pilot programme are being offered an annualised rate of 2.6%Thu Oct 16 2025 - 06:00
Financial planner Fairstone seals 12th Irish deal as assets under advice hit €2.5bn Group entered the market only three years ago with purchase of PAX Financial, the business behind Askpaul.ie Wed Oct 15 2025 - 15:28
Foreign exchange fintech firm Alt21 enlists former Global Shares chairAndy Stewart joins board of Dublin-based firmWed Oct 15 2025 - 06:00
Irish Stock Exchange dividends to Euronext parent near €100m Euronext paid €167m for exchange in 2018Wed Oct 15 2025 - 00:01
Kingspan-backed Swedish low-carbon steel firm battles with funding squeezeStegra’s group chief executive Henrik Henriksson says the new financing round aimed to fund higher project costsTue Oct 14 2025 - 05:33
Karl Deeter earnout from fintech sale to UK plc jumps amid follow-on deal Dublin-based Artificial Intelligence Finance sold to London-listed Software Circle in early August €9m dealMon Oct 13 2025 - 15:45
Bank of Ireland resolves online banking and app disruption Last such widespread disruption affecting bank occurred in MayMon Oct 13 2025 - 14:10
Dividend in question for Aryzta investors after abrupt CEO exit Former chief executive Urs Jordi is back leading baking giantSat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
Applegreen’s UK motorway service area unit closes €937m refinancing to help fund growthDeal comes as the unit has also signed a 75-year lease extension on eight of its sites in England, with plans to further invest in the locationsSat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
‘AI will change the way we work. But it will take time, and then it will go fast’State Street chief Ron O’Hanley believes AI will change the ‘nature of work for the positive’ Fri Oct 10 2025 - 05:44
Bank of Ireland confirms likely need to increase in UK motor unit provisionLender has a 2% share of the UK motor finance marketThu Oct 09 2025 - 15:38
Bank of Ireland’s UK motor finance clean-up bill estimated at €253m after FCA moveBank could need to increase its current £143m provision for a redress plan, including administrative costsWed Oct 08 2025 - 08:08
US investment firm HarbourVest has scope to increase Dublin staff by 75%Private markets-focused group has broadened the scope of its Irish office since 2019 launchWed Oct 08 2025 - 06:00
Most apartment schemes should now be viable after Budget 2026 boost, Cairn Homes CEO saysFiscal measures and new building guidelines ‘probably worth €70,000 to €80,000 a flat’Wed Oct 08 2025 - 06:00
Paschal Donohoe to cut funds tax and scrap stock trading duty on firms worth up to €1bn Budget 2026: Government to also weigh tax-efficient savings and investment accounts regime Tue Oct 07 2025 - 15:14
JP Morgan names Irishman Conor Hillery co-CEO of EuropeIrishman is son of former Fianna Fail TD Brian HilleryMon Oct 06 2025 - 15:29
Energia to be sold to French private equity firm Ardian in multibillion-euro dealPower group serves almost 900,000 homes and businesses on the islandMon Oct 06 2025 - 05:00
Crown slips on pride of the Kingdom as Kerry’s shares languish Kerry strategy comes into question after bet on plant-based foodsSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:00
Isif boss to leave for role with IMF Nick Ashmore set to take International Monetary Fund role in WashingtonFri Oct 03 2025 - 12:45
Austrian-owned MoCo launches savings offering as it continues to grow mortgagesAccount offers initial annual interest rate of 2 per centFri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
Households and businesses face new bank payments security checkUsers urged to check correct name is on bank accounts for transferring moneyFri Oct 03 2025 - 00:01
Larry Goodman continues to eye developing Irish oil field after licence expiry Rescue bid by now 88-year-old beef tycoon centred on possibility that explorer could move focus to green energy projectsThu Oct 02 2025 - 06:00
Glanbia shares dip as Tirlán sells 6.8% stake at slight discount Co-op using the €230m raised to help pay down bonds it issued to fund buyout of milk processing joint venture from GlanbiaWed Oct 01 2025 - 10:45
Goodbody Stockbrokers returns to profit as fee income jumpsAIB injected €50 million of fresh capital into Goodbody at end-2024 ‘to support future growth’Wed Oct 01 2025 - 00:01
CRH market value soars to record $81.6bn as new boss outlines growth plans New CRH boss Jim Mintern unveiling medium term strategy for firmTue Sept 30 2025 - 10:12
Datalex again taps Dermot Desmond for loan after delisting aimed at opening up other funding optionsRecent filings with the CRO do not say how much Datalex has borrowed from Desmond this time around Tue Sept 30 2025 - 06:00
Pharmacy services firm NaviCorp bought out former chairman for €12.6m after disputeNaviCorp denied Simon Healy’s claims when the case came before the High Court in October 2023Tue Sept 30 2025 - 06:00
Irish house price inflation eases in third quarter, Daft saysDaft report comes as Sherry FitzGerald research highlights shortage of available homesTue Sept 30 2025 - 00:01
Energia owner calls final bids as KKR and Canadian Pension Plan circleElectricity and gas group put on market earlier this year at estimated value of €2.75bnMon Sept 29 2025 - 06:00
Cerberus among bidders for portfolio of AIB problem loans totalling €500mMortgages in default and debt from Covid pandemic among borrowings set to be sold at steep discountMon Sept 29 2025 - 06:00
Kingspan chases Magnificent Seven energy with plan to float unit riding on AI boomClose to $7 trillion will need to be spent on data centres globally by 2030Sat Sept 27 2025 - 06:45
