The Irish Times

From the chocolate factory to the gibbet in a West Yorkshire town

Halifax Letter: The legend of the running man gave condemned petty thieves a glimmer of hope

Wed Mar 30 2022 - 01:00

UK housing boom starts to fade as cost-of-living squeeze tightens – Halifax

Affordability still at historically low levels

Mon Feb 07 2022 - 11:03

Oscar Wilde’s former street named the most expensive in England

Average house price on Tite Street in Chelsea is £28.9m, says mortgage lender Halifax

Wed Dec 22 2021 - 13:07

UK house prices rise at fastest pace in 15 years

Sector boosted by low mortgage rates and limited supply

Tue Dec 07 2021 - 18:45

UK house prices jump as market strength persists

Survey shows strong momentum in market despite partial withdrawal of tax breaks

Tue Sept 07 2021 - 07:47

Surge in European house prices stokes concerns over market resilience

Financiers worry that fallout from pandemic will catch up with soaring valuations

Fri Nov 06 2020 - 09:28

Coronavirus: Lloyds to reopen Belfast call centre ‘as soon as possible’

Staff asked to self-isolate or work from home after employee diagnosed with Covid-19

Tue Mar 10 2020 - 19:15

Lloyds Bank to cut chief António Horta-Osório’s pay by £220,000

Group will also spend £20m for pay rises for other staff

Wed Nov 27 2019 - 13:23

Will Norwegian’s Irish exit lead to higher transatlantic airfares?

With demand at unprecedented levels, prices could rise for those flying to North America

Wed Aug 14 2019 - 12:30

Hunting down Friends Provident shares never claimed in 2001

Q&A: Dominic Coyle

Tue Aug 13 2019 - 05:50

UK house price growth weakest in more than four years - Halifax

Households feel pinch of inflation which is rising faster than wages

Mon Aug 07 2017 - 09:02

Credit card rewards are back – but are they any good?

Earning a cashback every time you use your card is welcome - but don’t expect outsize rewards

Tue May 30 2017 - 05:38

Nova Scotia: Canada’s wild Irish-flavoured playground

Spectacularly scenic peninsula the size of Ireland has a nature trail for every mood

Sat Feb 25 2017 - 06:05

Watford offer initial £8m for Brentford striker Scott Hogan

Republic of Ireland qualified player also on West Ham’s radar in transfer window

Tue Jan 03 2017 - 18:16

Canada: Climate and distances

Flight times to Ireland and temperatures vary hugely in the world’s second-largest country

Thu Oct 27 2016 - 01:01

UK house price inflation hits 10-month high, survey finds

Average UK house price stood at £196,930 last month — 4.8 per cent higher than year earlier

Thu Mar 03 2016 - 09:06

UK house price growth ‘slows’ in November

Prices still supported by shortage of properties for sale on the market

Fri Nov 27 2015 - 08:31

Diverted Turkish Airlines flight given all clear in Canada

No explosives found on plane diverted from New York-Istanbul route after bomb threat

Sun Nov 22 2015 - 14:30

Careless lending at HBOS Irish division led to highest losses

Report notes the Irish banking market relied on informal connections

Fri Nov 20 2015 - 06:15

Belgian suspect behind Paris attacks may have died in siege

At least two dead, eight arrested after police swat teams raid Saint-Denis building

Wed Nov 18 2015 - 21:59

Two Air France flights bound for Paris from the US are diverted

‘Bomb scare’ on Flight 55 from Washington on Boeing Co 777-300 aircraft

Wed Nov 18 2015 - 08:46

Builder faces €3m bill after losing VAT appeal

Vieira Ltd entered licence agreements which effectively removed houses from VAT net

Tue Oct 20 2015 - 18:34

Lloyds sale a safe bet, for Osborne at least

Hyped privatisation will secure votes of thousands of grateful investors

Wed Oct 07 2015 - 01:00

Ex-Archbishop says woman was 20 when they first had sex

Burke says he paid €176,000 to Nigerian woman at RTÉ Mission to Prey High Court case

Fri Jun 26 2015 - 13:28

Guerrilla gardening in Yorkshire reclaims the streets – in a nutrious way

Incredible Edible Todmorde are part of a global gardening revolution

Sat Jun 20 2015 - 00:01

UK house prices dipped in May, sees upward pressure

But year-on-year rate of growth was at its highest since December

Thu Jun 04 2015 - 09:43

Young UK renters are giving up on ever buying a home

Problem is particularly acute in London survey shows, where 82% of 20 to 45-year-olds say they will never be able to buy a property

Tue Apr 07 2015 - 11:17

Police in Canada say they have foiled mass shooting plot

Man and woman planned a Valentine’s Day massacre at Halifax shopping centre

Sat Feb 14 2015 - 09:02

Go Walk: Carrigaline to Crosshaven, Co Cork

A path follows the most beautiful inlet in Cork Harbour

Sun Feb 08 2015 - 07:00

Certus to offload office space in Dublin, Limerick and Cork

Entire floor of landmark St Stephen’s Green block now available to rent

Wed Jan 14 2015 - 01:12

UK spy base GCHQ tapped Irish internet cables

Snowden documents reveal how British intelligence target Irish internet traffic

Sat Nov 29 2014 - 01:01

Certus seeks 195 redundancies following loss of loan servicing contracts

Irish loan specialist to close offices in Belfast, Cork and Limerick as Lloyds sells off more loans

Sat Nov 29 2014 - 01:00

Lloyds abandons promise on branches as it announces loss of further 9000 jobs

Branches scheduled for closure represent almost 10 per cent of retail network

Wed Oct 29 2014 - 14:31

Lloyds sells 4,000 Irish mortgages to Lone Star

Deal could see US fund move into mortgage lending following its acquisition of Start Mortgages

Thu Oct 16 2014 - 12:13