Business News - Economic & Finance News

Glass Lewis objected to the re-election of non-executive director Colm Barrington

Hibernia REIT facing AGM showdown over executive pay

Listed landlord and developer Hibernia REIT will be forced to defend hefty pay increases to senior management at its annual general meeting later this month after an influential advisory firm urged investors to oppose the move.

Amy Molloy in her 141 Mazda 3. Photo: Steve Humphreys

Personal Finance

Switching career to journalism means I pay €600 more a year for cover

Switching careers from law to journalism was the best life decision I ever made – but one I sincerely regret when it comes to paying my car insurance.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: Reuters

Irish

Irish exports to UK fall 8pc as IMF warns of trade slump

Irish exports to Britain have fallen 8pc to €5.5bn in the first five months of this year.

More than 100 entrepreneurs are attending the two-day summit

Irish

Irish cities languish in ranking of supports for women

Dublin has been ranked 34th out of 50 international cities in research by tech giant Dell measuring the level of support for women entrepreneurs.

Ed Sheeran was one of the headline acts to draw big crowds to the 3Arena

Media & Marketing

Profits hit €11m for owner of 3Arena

Sell-out shows by music star Ed Sheeran at the 3Arena in Dublin last year contributed to pre-tax profits at Live Nation's Apollo Leisure soaring by 66pc to £9.85m (€11m).

President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker Picture: John Thys/AFP/Getty

World

EU pushes China on opening up economy

China could open its economy if it wished, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said, with the European Union calling on countries to avoid a trade war even as pressure mounts on Beijing over its industrial policies.

Licensed Vintners Association chief Donall O’Keeffe

Irish

Publicans plead for no water cuts at the weekend

Publicans have urged Irish Water not to impose restrictions coming into the weekend amid fears it will affect the night-time economy.

Irish

Ex-Ardagh chief Curley to chair Malin

State-backed life sciences investor Malin has overhauled its board and appointed former Ardagh CEO Ian Curley as chairman.

It is understood Barclays edged out Goldman Sachs to secure the hotly-contested portfolio which represented Lloyd's last substantial exposure in Ireland

Irish

Barclays forms Irish mortgages vehicle

Barclays has formed a new company to hold the £4bn (€4.5bn) Irish mortgage book it snapped up from Lloyds Banking Group earlier this year, in a move expected to signal the refinancing of the loans in the bond market.

Brexit

Bank of America seeks approval for Irish Brexit merger

US banking giant Bank of America Merrill Lynch has applied to the High Court for permission to merge one of its UK-based subsidiaries with a related Irish firm due to Brexit.

Brexit

Migration from rich EU states to UK slumped after Brexit vote

Net migration from the rest of the European Union to the UK has fallen to its lowest level in nearly five years, official figures show. The fall is steepest among those from the richer EU states.

Most Read
Most Shared

Switching career to journalism means I pay €600 more a year for cover Personal Finance

Fuel tanks where oil reserves can be stored

Ireland set to remove oil reserves from Britain as Brexit deadline looms closer Brexit

Hibernia REIT facing AGM showdown over executive pay Irish

From left, Huawei’s P20 Pro, Apple’s iPhone X and Samsung’s Galaxy S9 Plus

The Big Tech Show: Huawei vs Apple vs Samsung - the great cameraphone face-off News

Cash, cars, livestock and homes worth €7m seized - Criminals reeling as CAB... Rural Crime

WATCH: Preview of Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America? has to be seen to be believed TV News

WATCH: These Irish sisters' amazing rendition of Red is the Rose is going viral Video

The Israeli Embassy in Dublin (inset Israel's Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman)

Israeli minister calls for 'immediate closure' of country's embassy in Ireland Politics

Major incident declared as 13 hospitalised following suspected ammonia leak Irish News

Paul Pogba impressed at the World Cup (Adam Davy/PA)

Comment: Why fingers may have been pointed in the wrong direction when... World Cup 2018

Business Newsletter

Editor's Choice

Where could consumers be hit in the pocket over the next year? Stock image

What Irish consumers will be paying more for this year (and how we can save a few cents)

The coming...

Boris Johnson may be forgotten but not gone, but there is hope for the future in Theresa May’s White Paper

Richard Curran: Apocalyptic no-deal Brexit predictions are starting to look hollow

Paschal Donohoe has been warning about the dangers of a...

After a torrid couple of years, the summer of 2018 has been just what the doctor ordered for C&C

Weather winners (and losers)...The firms making hay while the sun shines - and those feeling the heat

When the temperature is...

VIDEO: Harrowing footage released of animal abuse at chicken farm

New undercover footage from Polish farm...

27/01/2018. Pictured at the Show and Sale at Carnew Mart, Carnew, Co. Wicklow. Picture: Patrick Browne

GALLERY: 'Buoyant' business for the fat of the land

'Buoyant' was the word that mart managers of both in Tullow and Carnew...

A bus and tractor collided on the road on Monday afternoon.

11 people in hospital after bus and tractor collide in Newtownards

Eleven people have been taken to hospital after a...

Irish

Media & Marketing

Profits hit €11m for owner of 3Arena

Sell-out shows by music star Ed Sheeran at the 3Arena in Dublin last year contributed to pre-tax profits at Live Nation's Apollo Leisure soaring by 66pc...

Irish cities languish in ranking of supports for women

Irish exports to UK fall 8pc as IMF warns of trade slump

Publicans plead for no water cuts at the weekend

£2.5bn payday for Magnier, Desmond, and McManus

Barclays forms Irish mortgages vehicle

€17m cost of IDA's overseas offices and staff revealed

Irish

Irish exports to UK fall 8pc as IMF warns of trade slump

World

World

EU pushes China on opening up economy

China could open its economy if it wished, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said, with the European...

GAN jumps by quarter while Iseq steady

Chinese economic growth slows in second quarter

Carney may give sterling lift as dollar's influence wanes

Thailand cave rescuer considers legal action against billionaire Elon Musk after 'pedo' tweet

Markets Latest: Dollar gains fade on China-EU summit

Industrials help European shares shrug off China data

World

The application, which came before the Commercial Court yesterday, is part of a plan to consolidate Liberty's Irish, Portuguese and Spanish insurance businesses

Insurer Liberty bids to merge EU units

Technology

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, with Dan Rose, VP of partnerships and platform marketing, and chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg at the Allen & Co Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. The tech giant has been accused of ‘privacy risks’. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Technology

Facebook may face Irish data watchdog probe

Facebook may be subject to an investigation by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) after it was advised to explore how the social network targets...

Regions step up fight to lure tech jobs from Dublin

Dublin tech's era of social unrest

Twitter and Facebook's accounts purge is as much about PR as fighting the fakes

Top Twitter users lose thousands of followers as policy changes

Startup Diary: Read, listen and research to avoid fatal mistakes

Three new kids on the block: Irish media startups now making waves

Technology

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, TCD provost Patrick Prendergast and Betty Ashe, community representative, at the Grand Canal Innovation District launch

Dublin tech's era of social unrest

Jobs

Jobs

Cyber-security firm Skout opens EMEA HQ in Laois

Skout Secure Intelligence is to create 30 jobs with the opening of its new Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in Portlaoise, County Laois.

Acumen Aviation appoints Donal Lowry as head of asset management

Cyber security firm opens EMEA headquarters in Portlaoise

Neueda Technologies announces 200 jobs in Republic

Corporate health and wellness provider announces 100 new jobs

Construction firms hiring amid growth

Fexco confirms 175 new jobs in major expansion of Kerry HQ

Jobs

Krispy Kreme doughnuts are seen outside their store in Washington, DC, December 1, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

Krispy Kreme creates 150 jobs in Dublin

Personal Finance

Personal Finance

Heatwave drives consumer spending to fastest growth in almost two years

Household expenditure increased in June, driven by the recent...

Cerberus withdraws from home loan deals

Carney may give sterling lift as dollar's influence wanes

Backbench TD does himself no favours taking compensation claim for a 'very minor' injury

Impact of missing receipts on tax bill

Private markets may be alternative for stock exchange investors

Homeowners crippled by highest rates in eurozone

Personal Finance

Higher prices set to leave us with less money in our pockets

Small Business

Latest News

Irish Silicon Valley leader Sarah Friar tells tech graduates here: don't be afraid to fail

ONE of the most senior female business leaders in Silicon Valley...

Investment firm BGF targets Irish market

Crisis management: seven ways to deal with trouble

Fire safety firm reels in clients

Tech firms on crash course at New Orleans Collision event

Small Business

Ireland’s HBAN wins prestigious European award

Commercial Property

Commercial Property

Spanish hotel chain worth checking out in long term

If someone wanted a barometer to measure how the world has changed, especially in the last 60 or 70 years, international tourism might be a...

Global tech firms spread from Googletown to 'Amazonville'

Financier Derek Quinlan's wife eyes millions from sale of stake in AIB Bank Centre site

The right moves: It's full steam ahead at Dublin Port with plans to enhance links to city

Kavanagh appeals Kilternan decision

South Dublin shoppers to see swathe of new retail schemes

Q2 sees letting of 45 Dublin offices

Commercial Property

The AIB Bank Centre in Ballsbridge: Siobhan Quinlan has a 50pc stake in the site

UK takeover panel raises Sky stakes

More brands must come out in favour of diversity

YouTube news drive ignores facts

Cuts and digital growth boost Irish Times

Rupert Murdoch's Fox raises offer for Sky television as bidding war hots up

Battle of brands to be festival hit

Media & Marketing

Disney, maker of movies including the Incredibles sequel, is locked in a battle with Comcast

With car insurance premiums still rising, is it worth switching?

TV and broadband: Best value is a combined broadband offer

Don't get left out in the cold with price hikes

Healthy savings

Don’t fall into the trap of over-insuring

Homing in on savings: Financial rewards for changing mortgage are worth it

Switching Saturday

Research shows that just one in seven of us bothered to ditch our mobile-phone provider for another one. Stock image

Hibernia REIT facing AGM showdown over executive pay

Switching career to journalism means I pay €600 more a year for cover

Irish exports to UK fall 8pc as IMF warns of trade slump

Irish cities languish in ranking of supports for women

Profits hit €11m for owner of 3Arena

EU pushes China on opening up economy

Publicans plead for no water cuts at the weekend

Ex-Ardagh chief Curley to chair Malin

Barclays forms Irish mortgages vehicle

Bank of America seeks approval for Irish Brexit merger

Migration from rich EU states to UK slumped after Brexit vote

Switching career to journalism means I pay €600 more a year for cover Personal Finance

Ireland set to remove oil reserves from Britain as Brexit deadline looms closer Brexit

Hibernia REIT facing AGM showdown over executive pay Irish

The Big Tech Show: Huawei vs Apple vs Samsung - the great cameraphone face-off News

Cash, cars, livestock and homes worth €7m seized - Criminals reeling as CAB... Rural Crime

WATCH: Preview of Sacha Baron Cohen's Who Is America? has to be seen to be believed TV News

WATCH: These Irish sisters' amazing rendition of Red is the Rose is going viral Video

Israeli minister calls for 'immediate closure' of country's embassy in Ireland Politics

Major incident declared as 13 hospitalised following suspected ammonia leak Irish News

Comment: Why fingers may have been pointed in the wrong direction when... World Cup 2018

Business Newsletter

Editor's Choice

What Irish consumers will be paying more for this year (and how we can save a few cents)

Richard Curran: Apocalyptic no-deal Brexit predictions are starting to look hollow

Weather winners (and losers)...The firms making hay while the sun shines - and those feeling the heat

Also in Business

VIDEO: Harrowing footage released of animal abuse at chicken farm

VIDEO: 'We’re seeing traction with marketplace delivery models' - Claire Hughes Johnson, COO of Stripe, at MoneyConf

VIDEO: MoneyConf 2018 - Taoiseach is determined to keep Ireland competitive

VIDEO: Imogen Heap embraces blockchain at MoneyConf 2018

VIDEO: 'People love to come here' - Paddy Cosgrave praises Dublin but not as a potential future home for the Web Summit

WATCH: Herd of cattle swim across lake to prove the grass is always greener on the other side

WATCH: This is the song that will be blaring from all harvesters during silage...

VIDEO: Traders complain of Visa card processing problems

WATCH: This amazing AR experience from Audi is a world-first and it's right here in Dublin

WATCH: Victorian beauty charms with view

GALLERY: 'Buoyant' business for the fat of the land

Gallery: Tractor becomes a symbol of resistance as Catalan farmers block streets and protect polling stations

In Pictures: Day one at the National Ploughing Championships in Tullamore

IFA 2017 tech fair in Berlin

Businessman and socialite David Tang dies at 63

In pictures: Characters of the Super Comic Con at London's Business Design Centre

Life Ending Industry EXPO 2017

Social Entrepreneurs Ireland Bootcamp 2017

In pictures: All Ireland Marketing Awards 2017

See stunning pictures of silage work beside Newgrange

11 people in hospital after bus and tractor collide in Newtownards

Northern Ireland farmers accuse EU of playing political ‘football’ over cross-...

Fermanagh farmer receives suspended sentence on animal welfare charges

Switching career to journalism means I pay €600 more a year for cover

Ex-Ardagh chief Curley to chair Malin

EU pushes China on opening up economy

PM won't be able to carry on walking this tightrope indefinitely

Barclays forms Irish mortgages vehicle

Bank of America seeks approval for Irish Brexit merger

Migration from rich EU states to UK slumped after Brexit vote

Profits hit €11m for owner of 3Arena

Irish cities languish in ranking of supports for women

Irish exports to UK fall 8pc as IMF warns of trade slump

Publicans plead for no water cuts at the weekend

£2.5bn payday for Magnier, Desmond, and McManus

Barclays forms Irish mortgages vehicle

€17m cost of IDA's overseas offices and staff revealed

Irish exports to UK fall 8pc as IMF warns of trade slump

EU pushes China on opening up economy

GAN jumps by quarter while Iseq steady

Chinese economic growth slows in second quarter

Carney may give sterling lift as dollar's influence wanes

Thailand cave rescuer considers legal action against billionaire Elon Musk after 'pedo' tweet

Markets Latest: Dollar gains fade on China-EU summit

Industrials help European shares shrug off China data

Insurer Liberty bids to merge EU units

Facebook may face Irish data watchdog probe

Regions step up fight to lure tech jobs from Dublin

Dublin tech's era of social unrest

Twitter and Facebook's accounts purge is as much about PR as fighting the fakes

Top Twitter users lose thousands of followers as policy changes

Startup Diary: Read, listen and research to avoid fatal mistakes

Three new kids on the block: Irish media startups now making waves