Grant Thornton has announced it is to create 250 new jobs across all areas of its business operations in Ireland. A significant number of the new posts will be in
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending platform Linked Finance has received full authorisation by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which will enable it to move into the UK market. The approval comes
BC Bank Ireland has announced that as part of KBC Bright Ideas it has doubled its support fund to €200,000 and launched a new scheme for Ireland’s leading social innovators
IDA Ireland has welcomed JP Morgan’s announcement that it will be expanding its operations significantly in Dublin. The global financial services company has been in Ireland since 1968 and currently
Early and new start companies across Ireland are being encouraged to enter the 15th annual Seedcorn Investor Readiness Competition to be in with a chance of competing for a no-equity
FundRock Management Company S.A., a leading independent UCITS Fund Management Company and AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Manager), has opened its new office in Dublin and has also announced that it
The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor has announced that up to €44 million is being made available for co-investment in Seed and early stage growth companies
Income tax (including USC) is the largest individual source of tax revenue in Ireland, accounting for over 35% of the total. According to the ESRI, fluctuations in this source of
As part of a major restructuring of the business, Ulster Bank has announced it will close 22 of its branches in the Republic by the end of September. The restructuring
A fund run by former executives at Goldman Sachs has received €50m from the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) to develop financial services jobs in Ireland. Reverence Capital Partners Opportunities
Hopes that global insurer AIG might relocate its European regional HQ to Dublin from London have been dashed, with Luxembourg selected for the switch. This is despite a strong pitch
AIB announced annual pre-tax profits of €1.7 Billion and proposed a dividend of €250 million on Thursday. In a statement, AIB said that the profits were driven by strong sustainable business
Two Competitive Start Fund (CSF) competitions worth a total of €1 million in funding from Enterprise Ireland will open for applications to international entrepreneurs and recent graduates on Wednesday 8
Nutrition company Glanbia announced the proposed sale of 60% of Dairy Ireland on Wednesday as results for the year 2016 were released, showing an increase in adjusted Earnings Per Share to
OncoMark, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company, announced on Wednesday that it has secured €2.1 million to fund the commercialisation of OncoMark’s lead product, OncoMasTR, which it plans to launch
Post provided by Mazars. From building technologies and enhanced decision-making systems, the advances in both digital technology and connectivity with established engineering systems and principles has created the much needed
Eir announced on Friday that all three ratings agencies; Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch Ratings have each upgraded their credit rating for eircom Holdings (Ireland ) Limited,
Shard Capital Partners LLP announcesd on Thursday the launch and first closing of the Suir Valley Venture Fund of Suir Valley Funds ICAV, the first Irish focused venture capital fund
State agency Enterprise Ireland announced on Thursday that it invested €32 million in Irish start-ups in 2016 and supported a total of 229 start-up companies, the highest number to date
KBC banking group on Thursday released preliminary results for their Irish operations 2016, in which it confirmed its long-term commitment to continuing business in Ireland. KBC Bank Ireland reported a
The Government-funded, not-for-profit lender, Microfinance Ireland (MFI), supported the creation of almost 1,000 Irish jobs through loans to small business in 2016, MFI reported on Monday. A record number of 397
The Taoiseach and Minister Simon Coveney launched a major national consultation for the preparation of a strategic planning and development framework for Ireland between now and 2040, in Maynooth University
Minister for International Financial Services Eoghan Murphy, published the IFS2020 Action Plan for 2017 on Monday. The IFS2020 Strategy is a five year Strategy for the development of our International
Card payment service provider EVO Payments International plans to open a new Irish headquarters and create 50 new jobs as part
Digital company SilverCloud Health raised $8.1 million in Series A funding, the Department of Jobs announced on Thursday. Venture capital firm B
Enterprise Ireland announced on Thursday a new Competitive Start Fund (CSF) of up to €750,000 to support start up activity
Founded in 2010, TransferMate Global Payments is the market-leading, international choice for businesses worldwide that send and receive foreign currency
Irish house price inflation is set to accelerate in 2017, potentially reaching double-digit levels, according to the MyHome.ie property report
Bank fo Ireland announced on Friday that it was executing a credit risk transfer transaction on a portfolio of business
The number of mortgages approved rose by 30.8% year-on-year and increased by 2.0% month-on-month for the three months ending November 2016,
The wealthiest 10% of households own 52.2% of the total net wealth in the Euro area, except Lithuania, and Hungary
Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Davy and Deutsche Bank were appointed as ‘Global Coordinators’ to assist in a potential future
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) announced on Thursday a doubling of its Energy Research, Development and Demonstration fund
The Irish government is seeking submissions for a European Commission proposal for a Directive on insolvency, debt, restructuring and second
The first interim dividend of 25% was paid to all admitted unsecured creditors of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC),
The first meeting of a European Investment Bank (EIB) – Ireland Financing Group, chaired by Minister of Finance Michael Noonan,
Dublin is the fourth most attractive city in Europe for real estate investment, according to an analysis by PwC and
MDO Management Company S.A., a privately held company based in Luxembourg, will establish a branch in Dublin, Minister for Jobs,
A research technical paper published by the Central Bank of Ireland on Monday, shows that the cost of bank finance
The Central Statistic Office released “Brexit: Ireland and the UK in numbers”, on Wednesday, December 7. The publication provides the
The European Commission and ECB finished the sixth post-programme surveillance review for Ireland on Friday, December 2, in which they
Net asset value of money market funds (MMFs) in Ireland decreased by €16 billion to €444 billion in September 2016,
Dublin-headquartered medical device company Medtronic reported the financial results of its second quarter on Tuesday, November 22. The company reported
The Department of Finance announce on Thursday, November 17, that they have launched a competition to appoint investment banks to
Push notification platform Hurree has raised more than £200,000 online since launching a crowdsourcing campaign on Crowdcube less than two
Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor has announced that new legislation will allow Irish SME’s involved in research and development activities to
A Dublin-based fintech startup has raised €725,000 in its seed funding. Plynk, an online platform that acts as Europe’s first
ACI Worldwide has announced the opening of its new European data centre in Limerick, that will add 50 new jobs
The application process is now underway for Accenture’s Fintech Innovation Lab, which invites start-ups in the fintech space to participate
A senior Central Bank official has warned that, while progress is being made by Irish banks on non-performing loans, they
US-based fintech company, Yapstone, has held the grand opening of its international headquarters at a new, 16,000 sq ft office
More than three quarters of banks from around the world fear the impact that fintech could have on their business,
PayPal has invited Irish charities to apply for bursaries totalling €13,500, in order to help people and businesses that struggle
Permanent TSB Group has said in a trading statement today that trading has been in line with expectations and that
DZ Bank Ireland, has become the latest former IFSC bank to hand back its Branch in Dublin. The bank, which in
Swiss bank Credit Suisse has announced that it will cut 2,000 jobs at its global markets business. The latest cuts
Credit Agricole has promised stable investor returns and a solid capital base in the future as the French bank outlined
Microfinance Ireland has said 930 jobs were supported in small companies last year, after it approved €5.4m worth of loans.
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