Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross’ 9.9 per cent stake in Bank of Ireland is one of his best investments

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross told Bloomberg TV this morning that Bank of Ireland (BOI) is among his best investments. In 2011, Mr Ros(...)

“[Michael] Somers is something of a divisive figure. For many, he is one of the most talented public servants the State ever produced; for others, he was an overpaid plutocrat with a fondness for saying ‘I told you so’.” Photograph: Alan Betson

The taxpayer could be forgiven for being a little bemused at claims that jobs are at risk because of heavy-handed regulation of the banks. (...)

Dublin I heart you. Every return a homecoming after I’ve lived elsewhere. Even the last time when we walked past a drugs search on our first ni(...)

Figures are correct as of May 8th, 2013, according to information gathered from the Companies Registration Office website through Duedil. “Live” indicates trading companies but includes figures for companies that are non-trading but not yet dissolved. Satellite images: Bing Maps, Google Maps. Graphic: John Cassidy/Irish Times Premedia

Setting up a business in Ireland is designed to be easy. With little more than a photocopy of your passport, a utility bill and a few hundred e(...)

The Central Bank publishes on its website  a list of firms operating as investment firms without authorisation.

The Central Bank has issued a warning over an investment firm operating in Ireland without authorisation from the Central Bank. The bank(...)

One measure of the scale of the Irish financial crisis has been the dramatic collapse in house prices. They have halved since their peak and la(...)

“If a publicly-funded body like Mabs was in the driving seat, the Government could not pretend it was unaware of the human cost of the austerity measures it is enforcing.” Photograph: Aidan Crawley

It is frightening to see that in relation to debt and insolvency, we are reaching for the same kind of “solutions” that got people into trouble(...)

AIB standard variable customers have absorbed a rise of 1.4 percentage points in their interest rate since the start of 2012, while the ECB has cut its main rate four times in the past year and a half. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien

Irish mortgage rates have been rising and diverging from ECB rates over the past year, while the average mortgage in the euro (...)

Lobby correspondence: one modest building can house hundreds of financial-vehicle corporations. Photograph: UpperCut Images/Getty

So many companies are listed in the marble-tiled, plant-filled foyer that there are no brass plates or printed guides. Instead, it takes a comp(...)

Average mortgage interest rates in Ireland are diverging from the base lending rate set by the European Central Bank, according to new figures (...)

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