Banking Bill poses serious threat to press freedomBUSINESS OPINION: New law will penalise journalists who report on Minister exercising powers in privateMon Mar 14 2011 - 00:00
Private pension initiative may make coalition deal palatableBUSINESS OPINION: Solving private sector pension crisis could facilitate agreement between FG and LabourMon Feb 28 2011 - 00:00
Rushing to pay back the ECB loans may prove a costly mistakeBUSINESS OPINION: The bailout agreement allows some wriggle room about how we restore banks’ liquidityMon Feb 21 2011 - 00:00
ECB needs to realise Irish problem is its problemThe ECB is on the hook for the €177 billion it lent to the Irish banking systemMon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
AIB says delay may allow consideration of stress testsREACTION: ALLIED IRISH Banks said yesterday the Government decision to delay further recapitalisation until after the election…Thu Feb 10 2011 - 00:00
NTMA must ensure banks act in national interestBUSINESS OPINION: The McInerney examinership case raises plenty of questions that need to be answeredMon Feb 07 2011 - 00:00
Nama 2 will help banks - so they must help small firmsThe asset management agency will address lower-level property players in next phaseMon Jan 31 2011 - 00:00
Kitchen cabinet of Celtic Tiger hotshots failed CowenBUSINESS OPINION: It appears to have been Cowen’s bad luck on the banking crisis that he surrounded himself with the wrong advisers…Mon Jan 17 2011 - 00:00
Greencore should be hauled over coals on Mallow sugar plant closureBUSINESS OPINION: THE OIREACHTAS agriculture committee has invited Greencore management in for a chat later this month about…Mon Jan 10 2011 - 00:00
Was Fingleton a mastermind or merely a greedy fool?BUSINESS OPINION: There is no doubt that Michael Fingleton’s pension arrangements were extraordinaryMon Dec 27 2010 - 00:00
Personal debt initiatives key to getting economy firingBUSINESS OPINION: Mechanism to handle widespread insolvency is clearly needed now – so why the delay?Mon Dec 20 2010 - 00:00
The ECB may not be the friend it seemsBUSINESS OPINION: Suggestions that bailout may in fact be to protect European interests may not be too wide of markMon Nov 22 2010 - 00:00
German solution seems irresistible to Irish people but not to the StateBUSINESS OPINION: Why is the Government against accessing the European Financial Stability Fund?Mon Nov 15 2010 - 00:00
Lenihan targets €6bn cut in borrowing for 2011THE GOVERNMENT will cut borrowing by €6 billion next year through a combination of spending cuts and tax increases.Fri Nov 05 2010 - 00:00
Short-sharp medicine may damage the patientBUSINESS OPINION: The sort of austerity we are being asked to take in one year is what the UK plans to do over fourMon Oct 25 2010 - 01:00
Nama for court over €300m debtsThe National Asset Management Agency (Nama) will instigate legal action in the coming weeks against individuals with debts amounting…Sun Sept 12 2010 - 01:00
NTMA had doubts about Anglo but unclear if minister alertedTHE CHIEF executive of the National Asset Management Agency said he did not know if the National Treasury Management Agency communicated…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
Nama to pursue 12 individuals over debts totalling €300mTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency (Nama) will instigate legal action in the coming weeks against individuals with debts amounting…Sat Sept 11 2010 - 01:00
€10bn of loans set for transfer to 'new' Anglo - AynsleyAS LITTLE as €10 billion out of Anglo Irish Bank’s €70 billion pre-nationalisation loan book may be worth transferring to the…Fri Aug 06 2010 - 01:00
One51 royalty payments to executives queriedDISSIDENT SHAREHOLDERS of investment group One51 have raised further question about controversial tax-free royalty payments to…Wed Jul 28 2010 - 01:00
A very simple solution to an industry that is not deliveringPerhaps the best way to deal with the health insurance system is to get rid of itMon Jul 05 2010 - 01:00
Government's obsession with secrecy evident at NamaBUSINESS OPINION: Like the Civil Service, asset agency’s position is that taxpayer has no right to know anythingMon Jun 28 2010 - 01:00
Case is compelling for external review of Finance’s role in economic fiascoBUSINESS OPINION:Did the Department of Finance give bad advice to the Government and is it up to the job now?Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
Either the deficit means something or it does notOPINION: The Government is trying to dismiss the potential doubling of the deficit as a mere technicalityMon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Hangar 6 saga reveals flaw at heart of State's aviation policyBUSINESS OPINION : Airport policy is a prisoner of past mistakes, particularly DAA’s €1 billion debtMon Feb 22 2010 - 00:00
Cleaning up our act with EU help has got us out of PIGS sty for nowBUSINESS OPINION: Our escape from the swine pen merits at least half a pat on the national back, writes JOHN McMANUSMon Feb 08 2010 - 00:00
Russian firm values Aughinish at $1.2bnAUGHINISH ALUMINA, the alumina refinery located on the Shannon estuary, is valued at over $1Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Russian firm values Aughinish at $1.2bnAUGHINISH ALUMINA, the alumina refinery located on the Shannon estuary, is valued at over $1Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Judge Judy-style Oireachtas inquiry would get Cowen off hook on banksBUSINESS OPINION: IT’S STILL far from clear at this stage whether we will have some sort of inquiry into the collapse of the…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Judge Judy-style Oireachtas inquiry would get Cowen off hook on banksBUSINESS OPINION: IT’S STILL far from clear at this stage whether we will have some sort of inquiry into the collapse of the…Mon Jan 04 2010 - 00:00
Orwell's comments stunningly apposite in the context of Ireland Inc todayBUSINESS OPINION : British author’s diaries resonate in the light of Ireland’s experience in the past year and a halfMon Dec 28 2009 - 00:00
Stretching the meaning of what it means to be a charityBUSINESS OPINION: Want to hear a seasonal parable about the business of a charitable trust?Mon Dec 21 2009 - 00:00
Pragmatism behind Budget failure to move on reformBUSINESS OPINION : Unneeded State agencies survived while the threshold for drug refunds went upMon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Going bankrupt in UK will not solve problems of developers with Irish assetsOur drawn-out bankruptcy process may seriously hinder economic recoveryMon Dec 07 2009 - 00:00
TBS shipping group moves to Ireland from BermudaNASDAQ-LISTED shipping group TBS International is to relocate to Ireland from Bermuda to avail of unspecified “economic benefits…Wed Oct 21 2009 - 01:00
Arrogant AIB calls shots as Government dithers againBUSINESS OPINION: There is something very wrong with the culture at AIB and its attitude towards the StateMon Oct 19 2009 - 01:00
ECB funding 25% of Irish deficit indirectly, data revealTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) is indirectly funding about a quarter of the Irish Government deficit, according to Central Bank…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Banking on Bank of Ireland Scotland to effect a merger?BUSINESS OPINION: Can the minor banks be consolidated without creating a semi-State Frankenstein’s monster?Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Lenihan must take criticism of Nama on board and act imaginativelyBUSINESS OPINION : The Government can and must compromise over Nama risk-sharingMon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Eircom Esot holding a gun to taxpayers' headsOPINION: It is staggering that this self-serving employee trust is seeking to extend tax-free statusMon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Examinership fees need to be examined very closelyOPINION: Accountancy and legal professions appear to be still living in ‘Celtic Tiger bubble land’Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Nama 'can withstand' collapse of developer's €2bn groupTHE POSSIBLE collapse of Liam Carroll’s €2Mon Aug 03 2009 - 01:00
Fallout from Zoe collapse poses problems for NamaBUSINESS OPINION: AND SO it begins. The unthinkable has happenedMon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00
Positive sentiment elsewhere fails to lift IseqMARKET REPORT: THE ISEQ index of Irish shares was almost unchanged yesterday at 2,681Fri Jul 17 2009 - 01:00
Quinlan's exit down to sheer incompatibility of approachesBUSINESS OPINION: The split shows how the investment manager and its founder dealt so differently with banksMon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Choice of Nama's legal advisers poses difficult questionsBUSINESS OPINION: Role with the State will require Arthur Cox to address conflicting interestsMon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00
No basis for thinking banks will emerge reformedBUSINESS OPINION: If Swedish banks didn’t learn their lesson in the 1990s, why should ours now?Mon Jun 15 2009 - 01:00
A way to free up money to banks - or too good to be true?BUSINESS OPINION: There is a danger that the ECB will eventually have to start printing moneyMon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
Aggressive approach by ACC may prick banks' intentBUSINESS OPINION: If the pursuit of Paddy Kelly forces others to jump into the unknown, we may thank the DutchMon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Now is not the time to concentrate on the good newsBUSINESS OPINION: If we paper over the cracks, we will never get to the bottom of where we went wrongMon May 11 2009 - 01:00
