Flutter investors hedge their bets as prediction-market challengers up the anteBillionaire Kenneth Dart estimated to be about $3.5bn underwater on his investment in Irish online gambling groupSat Feb 28 2026 - 06:00
European shares inch up to fresh high on strong corporate updates Irish banks take a step back ahead of a week when all three will report annual figures Fri Feb 27 2026 - 17:53
PTSB sets late-March for second round takeover bids as Bawag and Centerbridge circleGovernment owns majority stake in PTSBFri Feb 27 2026 - 06:00
Davy expands bond desk ahead of expected surge of new debt issuance Securities firm continues to rebuild bond desk after shuttering it 2021Fri Feb 27 2026 - 06:00
Malin CEO to leave and chair take on executive role as portfolio shrinks Dublin-listed life sciences investment company is currently in gradual wind-down mode Thu Feb 26 2026 - 10:17
Cathal Friel-led EGT to buy Arena Capital Partners unit from liquidatorsLondon-listed company floated in 2024 with aim of building portfolio of assets needed for green energy transitionWed Feb 25 2026 - 18:08
Glanbia outlook prompts analysts to up estimatesGlanbia shares up as company announces buybackWed Feb 25 2026 - 10:15
Denis O’Brien emerges as investor in Smurfit brothers’ New Zealand paper millBusinessman took 24.3% stake in company behind Whakatane mill amid refinancing in 2024Wed Feb 25 2026 - 06:20
Central Bank tells three banks to address access-to-cash shortfalls BPFI says the institutions ‘are fully committed to providing the relevant ATM and cash service point services as soon as possible’Tue Feb 24 2026 - 14:32
Landord Ires to buy 77 apartments in Naas as it recycles cashListed residential landlord pays €31.8m raised from sale of non-core assets as it returns to the acquisition trail Tue Feb 24 2026 - 09:51
Hybrid working: Banks, finance and law firms bring Ireland’s workers back to the officeWhile many firms have tightened their hybrid work policies, most still recognise the importance of flexibility as a powerful staff retention toolFri Feb 06 2026 - 06:00
Homes in commuter counties still out of reach of middle-earning first-time buyers, SCSI study finds Affordability study by Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland finds many basic homes are still out of reach of middle-earning first-time buyers Thu Feb 05 2026 - 05:00
DCC shares soar on reassuring trading updateLondon-listed group maintains its full-year earnings guidanceWed Feb 04 2026 - 08:12
NTMA picks Amundi, BlackRock, State Street and UBS for new wealth fundsEach firm will manage funds passively, tracking major stock and bond market indicesTue Feb 03 2026 - 10:26
Banks eye Zippay instant payments launch before St Patrick’s DayAIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB trying to stave off competition from Revolut and othersSat Jan 31 2026 - 06:00
C&C’s profit woes boost case for deal as stock fizzles to 17-year lowIndustry veteran Roger White is struggling with a UK budget that has dented consumer confidence alongside changing market tastesSat Jan 31 2026 - 06:00
Irish funds services firm Carne valued at €1.4bn by private equity tradePermira buys out Vitruvian and some others in transaction that sees group’s valuation more than treble in five years Fri Jan 30 2026 - 08:07
Revenue refunds €28.8m tax on phantom profits to Wirecard Irish unit’s liquidator German fintech collapsed amid scandal in 2020Fri Jan 30 2026 - 06:29
Beyond the Big Four: ‘It’s a different animal being a €100m firm’ says Forvis Mazars Tom O’Brien Tom O’Brien says AI will change how future partners in the accounting sector will be trained Fri Jan 30 2026 - 06:00
Number of homes built rises by 20% in 2025, ahead of expectations of Central Bank and ESRITaoiseach says he wants to see prices moderate, having been fuelled for years by undersupplyThu Jan 29 2026 - 11:23
Barclays names Pat McCormack as Ireland country leadBarclays ‘lifer’ established the British lender’s private banking presence in Dublin in 2008Thu Jan 29 2026 - 06:08
Ireland has ‘elevated’ chance of S&P upgrade to within a notch of AAA in 2026While credit ratings should affect borrowing costs for governments and countries, markets often price debt before agencies actWed Jan 28 2026 - 17:09
Irish mortgage drawdowns hit post-crash high as values rise in ‘dysfunctional’ marketAbout €14.5bn worth of home loans issued in 2025, according to banking industry group Wed Jan 28 2026 - 00:01
DAA faces High Court hearing on ‘anti-competitive’ car hire claims Easirent has been picking up customers at Dublin airport since 2019 under an interim order in long-running caseTue Jan 27 2026 - 06:00
DCC could trigger FTSE 100 exit if it perseveres with share buybacks from tech unit saleFive FTSE 250 groups valued more highly by the market than Ireland’s last member of blue chip indexSat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
Avant loans reach €5bn as Spanish parent rules out PTSB bidAvant Money, which is run as a bank branch of Bankinter, saw net interest income rise 16 per cent to €116mThu Jan 22 2026 - 08:37
Revolut sends up to 80 suspicious activity reports to gardaí a dayNeobank has 3 million customers in Republic, Oireachtas committee toldWed Jan 21 2026 - 18:24
Barclays confirms plan to move EU hub from Dublin to ParisBank has 356 employees in Irish facilityWed Jan 21 2026 - 13:16
Kenmare flags $300m charge as it cuts long-term titanium minerals price hopesFull-year charge is three times the amount taken in the first half of 2025Wed Jan 21 2026 - 11:27
PTSB gets lower-than-expected €100m capital relief on mortgages Move is a key milestone ahead of expected sale of the bankWed Jan 21 2026 - 07:41
Virgin Media owner’s Three Ireland bid seen posing few competition issuesCK Hutchison has been gradually selling its European telecoms operations amid tough market conditions Tue Jan 20 2026 - 09:05
Cairn has 4,000 apartments under construction with sales seen topping €1bn this yearInitiatives and supports for apartment building ‘are significant steps which will be very impactful’, says CEO Michael StanleyTue Jan 20 2026 - 08:11
Minister’s refusal to answer questions on DAA-Kenny Jacobs backed by Dáil chairCeann Comhairle Verona Murphy says Darragh O’Brien right not to provide answers amid litigationTue Jan 20 2026 - 06:00
Austria’s Bawag could fund PTSB deal through shares and cash, UBS saysPTSB sale process is known to have attracted Bawag and private equity firmsTue Jan 20 2026 - 05:34
Ireland’s 11 billionaires’ wealth rises 2% to €46.3bn, Oxfam saysThe best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business deskMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:28
Ireland’s 11 billionaires are collectively wealthier than 85% of the country’s adultsInequality widening globally, says charity in report that coincides with start of Davos forumMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
Irish start-up numbers surge to 15-year high in 2025Business data company CRIFVision-Net calls for additional support for businesses to maintain momentumMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
House of Guinness’s new chief wastes little time tackling stout at DiageoThe Irish stout brand has been a success story amid a challenging trading environment for the global drinks giantSat Jan 17 2026 - 06:00
Taxpayers’ cash ‘not a solution for every problem’, Harris told by officials Figures come from briefing material drawn up for Simon Harris on his appointment in December as Minister for Finance Fri Jan 16 2026 - 16:26
Smurfit Westrock among firms subject to €400m Italian ‘cartel’ lawsuitSmurfit Westrock one of several cardboard box makers being sued in Milan court by hundreds of firms Fri Jan 16 2026 - 06:00
A Saudi prince, €70,000 whiskey and a ‘hatchet job’: the DAA-Kenny Jacobs row spills into court As Kenny Jacobs seeks to reverse his suspension, his affidavit outlines his view of allegations made against himFri Jan 16 2026 - 06:00
DCC shares rise on gas deals after weakness amid FTSE 100 exit fearsDCC buying US-based UGI Group’s liquid gas businesses in Poland, Hungary, Czechia and SlovakiaThu Jan 15 2026 - 10:06
Glenveagh sees 2026 earnings rising amid higher completionsGlenveagh CEO said 'the policy framework to support increased housing delivery is now largely in place'Thu Jan 15 2026 - 08:05
Austrian bid for Finance Ireland seen as positive signal for PTSB Bawag is seen as one of the most likely industry bidders for Ireland’s third bank as advisers seek firm expressions of interest this monthWed Jan 14 2026 - 18:24
PTSB seeks to kill off ‘dormant’ tracker cases as sale pursuedLender put itself up for sale towards end of last yearWed Jan 14 2026 - 06:00
NTMA hires investment banks to sell €4bn in national debt State agency plans to issue €10bn to €14bn in long-term debt this year compared to €8.25bn last yearTue Jan 13 2026 - 15:23
DAA to pause investigation into suspended chief executive pending hearing High Court case set for mention on January 23rdMon Jan 12 2026 - 16:35
Iseq’s longest-standing chief keeps market guessing as ICG stake rises Share buybacks have seen Eamonn Rothwell’s stake in the business jump 50% but, at 71, what is his end game?Sat Jan 10 2026 - 06:00
Suspended DAA chief Kenny Jacobs rejects claims of ‘sexist, racist behaviour’Airport executive accuses DAA chairman Basil Geoghegan of wanting to get him out of office despite inquiry that cleared himFri Jan 09 2026 - 19:05
Colin Hunt: ‘We’ve seen greenwashing. The new phenomenon is greenhushing’AIB's chief executive on what's ahead for the lender in 2026, from AI's impact on banking to the future of hybrid workingFri Jan 09 2026 - 06:00
