Joe Brennan

Joe Brennan

Markets Correspondent

Joe Brennan is Markets Correspondent of The Irish Times.

More than 222,000 new current account openings ahead of Ulster Bank and KBC exit

Spike in activity ahead of Ulster and KBC exits from market

Insurance broker Lockton agrees third deal of 2022

Company is moving into employee benefits space

Providence names Scottish-based oil veteran as interim CEO

Alan Curran joins explorer as its Barryroe oil and gas prospect off the coast of Cork remains in limbo

NTMA names Dave McEvoy director of funding and debt management

Agency has so far raised €5.75 billion on the international bond markets in 2022

Larry Goodman eyes Providence success but Eamon Ryan is stalling

Market Beat: Businessman has raised his holding in Barryroe-owner Providence to 16.1%

Irish-led Spac’s planned $1.74bn deal abandoned amid market turmoil

Collapse of merger could result in wind-up of ‘blank cheque’ company, rendering founder shares worthless

Irish home price growth set to slip to 4% over next year

Projected fall set to follow sharp rise after worst of coronavirus pandemic, notes survey of estate agents

Irish manufacturing output falls as input costs soar

Job creation and a rise in inventories prevent outright contraction in sector, according to AIB’s latest PMI

European shares suffer worst quarter since onset of pandemic

Banks out of sorts across the day in Dublin

Irish banks’ Revolut rival app to be run on Italian technology

Synch Payments has signed an agreement with Milan-based Nexi

EU accepts Insurance Ireland commitments and closes cartel investigation

Industry group commits to giving outside companies fair access to a claims database it administers

Larry Goodman increases Providence stake to 16.1% as key oil project remains in limbo

Businessman doubles his interest in oil and gas explorer over past week

Arachas to buy Stuart Insurances as broker deals accelerate

Purchase is latest move in major ongoing consolidation of the brokerage sector

Irish banks to report monthly account openings as Ulster Bank and KBC retreat

Some 1m current and deposit accounts will need to find new banking providers

Banks keep mortgage rates ‘under review’, as Donohoe criticises price-cap Bill

AIB and Bank of Ireland decline to shine light on mortgage pricing plans