European shares dip amid Strait of Hormuz tensions
Irish stock exchange slides more than 1%, London’s FTSE 100 down 0.6%
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Global markets end week on positive note over possible Gulf war resolution
Price of oil tumbles to €88 a barrel in afternoon trading
Bawag mulls plan to free up capital in PTSB to ease cost of €1.62bn deal
Austrian bank pledges to maintain PTSB’s headquarters in Dublin as well as a ‘meaningful branch footprint’ for two years
How PTSB came back from a near-death experience to challenge AIB and Bank of Ireland
Many thought PTSB would not survive the banking crisis. Now the lender has the chance to become a real challenger to AIB and Bank of Ireland
Markets choppy on Middle East crisis before ceasefire announced
Euronext Dublin finished the day down 2%, dragged down by Ryanair, which suffered a hit on the back of a profit warning from EasyJet
Bank of Ireland plans to delist in UK and offer to buy out small legacy shareholders
Matter will be voted on at agm
The Irish Times view on the sale of PTSB: the State finally lets go
The hope is that PTSB’s new Austrian owners will offer the two big banks some genuine competition
Markets mixed amid hopes of a deal to end war in Middle East
Budget airline Ryanair slipped 1.6% to €25.52 in Dublin even as oil prices stayed well below $100 a barrel on Wednesday
Shares rally on hopes for fresh Middle East peace talks
PTSB shares slid 4.3% after Austrian Bawag was announced as winning bidder for Irish lender
Bawag insists it sees ‘value in PTSB branches’ after agreeing €1.62bn deal
Goodbody Stockbrokers describes price as a ‘disappointing outcome’
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House building hits one-year high in March despite mounting fuel costs
Building activity in the residential sector posted its second successive month of growth for the first time since the first half of 2025
AIB card customers spent 9% more in service stations last month than a year ago as fuel costs soared
Spending on entertainment rose 9% from March 2025, helped by the release of tickets for Olivia Dean’s Marlay Park concerts
Does it make sense to walk away from my tracker mortgage rate?
Prospect of rising interest rates in wake of Iran war worries older couple with around five years left on their home loan
Irish manufacturing production and turnover declines against turbulent backdrop
Businesses in the sector remain upbeat on their outlook despite cost challenges
Mortgage rules eased to help older homeowners downsize with bridging loans
Central Bank changes designed to make it easier to buy home before selling current dwelling
Global markets fall ahead of Trump’s deadline for Iran
There was not much green on the board in Dublin, but AIB was an outlier as it climbed 0.3%
Increase in services sector activity among the weakest in five years
Outlook softens as uncertainty over events in the Middle East grows
Bank of Ireland chief Myles O’Grady: ‘We are seeing, on a grand scale, intergenerational wealth’
Chief executive’s strategy update contains a target for the group to grow its loan book by 4% a year out to 2028
Bank of Ireland plans further €1.6bn tech-led spend over next three years
Lender plans to roll out new mobile app by the end of June
Oil prices soar following Trump’s Iran address
Markets choppy amid latest indications energy shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz could be restored
European shares rally most in a year on hopes Iran war could soon end
Iseq All-Share index advances 1.7% though down 6% so far this year
Irish factories report sharp jump in input prices in March as Iran war bites
Costs increased at fastest pace since December 2022, says AIB, but strong demand allows them to be passed to customers in higher prices
Will AIB’s new account fees really save customers money?
Bank says customers can expect to save 12% on their cost of banking but that’s asking quite a lot of the figures
Oil prices rise again as global markets advance in challenging conditions
Euronext Dublin deepened recent losses as it slid 0.4% with Ryanair the standout under-performer
AIB seeks approval to offer to buy out small legacy shareholders
Bank plans to give those with 50 or fewer shares opportunity to sell to company
European shares fall as mixed signals on Middle East cloud outlook
Markets still without clarity on how long war will last
Betting and racing information firm BoscaSports buys British firm
UK-based 2DB provides live video streams and data to bookmakers’ shops
Bank judgment mortgages registered against Meath site where house was demolished
Debts recorded after large home was built in 2006 without planning permission, records show
Markets slide driven by uncertainty around US-Iran talks
Euronext Dublin underperformed international peers as it finished down 2.7 per cent, dragged by many of its bigger hitters
What should mortgage borrowers do amid forecasts of interest rate hikes?
ICS Mortgages has increased its mortgage costs and the outlook for the market is entirely dependent on the Iran war
AIB investment supports new energy-efficient Lidl stores
Lidl’s new flagship Maynooth site, Ireland’s first net zero supermarket, supported by refinancing from AIB, gets all operational energy from onsite renewable sources
Shares advance but oil volatile as markets weigh US plan to end Iran war
European banks were among the big winners as traders boost bets on ECB rate hikes
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