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US president Joe Biden during a roundtable discussion with black essential workers in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, on Tuesday. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty
‘Pride that spoke of both continents’: Biden on Irish links

US president Joe Biden has paid tribute to the role played by Irish immigrants in the evolution of the United States and the influence of his own Iris(...)

US president Joe Biden will share an address at the annual Glucksman Ireland House dinner. File photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Joe Biden to say he wants to work with Taoiseach during online event

US president Joe Biden will share a message at the annual Glucksman Ireland House dinner on Tuesday evening, an online event that will also be address(...)

Chris Dodd: close adviser to Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential campaign is favourite to become the next US ambassador to Ireland. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call
Former US senator Chris Dodd tipped to be next ambassador to Ireland

Former senator Chris Dodd is emerging as the favourite to become the next ambassador to Ireland, as Joe Biden is poised to become the 46th president o(...)

Fernando Vicario: he has worked for Bank of America for the past 25 years
Bank of America names new head of EU hub as Brexit looms

Bank of America has named company veteran Fernando Vicario as the next chief executive of its EU banking hub in Dublin as financial firms prepare for(...)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch research shows companies with progressive ESG stances have fewer bankruptcies. Photograph: Alastair Pike/AFP via Getty Images
Socially responsible companies are less volatile – Bank of America executive

Bank of America vice-chair Anne Finucane said in Dublin on Tuesday that companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles ha(...)

Dublin is in line for a boom in financial services as a result of Brexit. Photograph: iStock
Brexit cloud brings a silver lining to Dublin

Irish bankers will be delighted with the promises being made of a jobs boom in the financial sector in the wake of Brexit. As we (potentially) near th(...)

Bank of America’s Irish business now has up to €50 billion in assets. Photograph: Getty
Bank of America Brexit preparations cost $400m as Dublin becomes new hub

Bank of America vice-chairwoman Anne Finucane said the group has spent about $400 million (€353.5 million) preparing its business for Brexit, an exerc(...)

Bank of America’s Ireland-based workforce is now more than 800, split between offices in Leopardstown and Hatch Street, Dublin. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
Bank of America completes Brexit switch with 100 staff moving to Dublin

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has relocated its main EU banking arm and up to 100 staff from London to Dublin four months ahead of the Brexit deadline(...)

On reflection: Some bankers say the lower estimates emerged as they thought through the implications of Brexit. Photograph: iStock
Brexit relocations by London banks set to fall well short of expectations

The UK’s biggest international banks are set to move fewer than 4,600 jobs from London in preparation for Brexit - just 6 per cent of their total work(...)

Bruce Thompson, a former group chief financial officer and head of risk for the Bank of America group, who will lead its post-Brexit hub in Dublin. Photograph: David Hume Kennerly
Bank of America picks top executive to run post-Brexit EU hub in Dublin

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is to relocate one of its top executives from New York to Dublin to head up its planned post-Brexit EU hub. The bank sa(...)