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Irish banks club together with new digital service to counter Revolut threat
- Financial Services
- January 11, 2021, 20:40
Four of the biggest banks operating in the Irish market are joining forces to launch an instantaneous digital payments app that they hope will help th(...)

Total pay of international bankers in Ireland jumped by a fifth last year
- Financial Services
- December 18, 2020, 04:40
Bankers in the International Financial Services Centre in Dublin received €812 million in wages last year, an increase of more than 22 per cent, accor(...)

Record numbers of first-time buyers apply for Help to Buy
- Personal Finance
- December 9, 2020, 05:28
A record number of first-time buyers have applied for the Help to Buy incentive so far this year, as renters, returning emigrants and those still livi(...)

Fiona Reddan: Who would be a first-time buyer in 2021?
- Personal Finance
- December 9, 2020, 05:18
Here’s a statistic to startle; more than 3,500 would-be first-time buyers applied for the Help to Buy incentive in October to help them buy a new home(...)

Fall in mortgage drawdowns, Brexit threat to services, and advice on your pension
- Business
- October 27, 2020, 06:41
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the housing market, with new figures showing a 30.3 per cent drop in the number of home loans dr(...)

Invest in more social housing to avoid Covid-related supply shock, says ESRI
- Construction
- September 30, 2020, 05:33
The State should increase its investment in social and affordable housing now to offset a future supply crunch caused by Covid-19, according to the Ec(...)

Who attended the golf dinner and what has happened to them since?
- Irish News
- August 25, 2020, 21:42
More than 80 guests attended an Oireachtas Golf Society dinner in the Station House Hotel, Clifden, Co Galway, last Wednesday at a time when Governmen(...)
![Chief executive of the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland Brian Hayes: “[Banks] have a fundamental responsibility to lend in this environment, but they cannot do reckless lending.” Photograph: Alan Betson Chief executive of the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland Brian Hayes: “[Banks] have a fundamental responsibility to lend in this environment, but they cannot do reckless lending.” Photograph: Alan Betson](/polopoly_fs/1.4291993.1593461599!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
Mortgage seekers face tighter criteria over Covid-19 wage subsidy
- Irish News
- June 30, 2020, 02:55
Several Irish lenders have introduced tighter checks and stricter conditions on mortgages for those in receipt of Covid-era wage subsidies. In some i(...)

Mortgage draw-downs exceeded €2.6bn in Q3
- Financial Services
- October 31, 2019, 02:03
Almost 12,000 people borrowed more than €2.6 billion to buy homes in the three months to the end of September, the latest figures show. According to (...)

What do the new mortgage figures tell us about the property market?
- Economy
- July 25, 2019, 13:00
The drawdown of mortgages by borrowers, and approvals for new mortgages, are running ahead of last year’s levels. But the figures for June have falle(...)