Bank of Ireland's pre-provision profit shrank two thirds in the first half on the back of steep funding costs, underlining the challenge facing the country's largest lender... more
Institutional investors agree to buy a €1.1 billion (£971 million) stake in Bank of Ireland, allowing it to remain the country's only remaining bank not in state control... more
Financial stocks were in demand today, helping the FTSE 100 index to kick off the new quarter in style. Barclays was top dog, jumping 10.25p to 287.75p, Royal Bank of Scotland climbed 1.2p to 42p and Lloyds Banking Group gained 1.2p to 59.3p... more
Officials at the IMF and in the European Union are examining how senior bondholders could be compelled to pay some of the costs of rescuing Ireland's banks... more
Bank of Ireland plans to move away cautiously from state support by showing it can raise debt outside a government guarantee and gradually repay taxpayers’ funds... more
Ireland’s top two bank chiefs were convinced there were no problems with the country’s financial institutions days before a €440 billion savings guarantee was drawn up... more
Bank of Ireland, one of three major Irish lenders which had to be rescued by taxpayers, will raise €3.4 billion (£2.9 billion) to continue its recovery from the financial crisis... more
On Property: Goldman Sachs is clearly in the naughty corner over its dealings in the US subprime market. But the bank also needs to don the dunce’s cap for its dealings in commercial real estate... more
Bank of Ireland shares jumped 28% on the London stock market as it emerged as the only member of the government’s 'bad bank' scheme which will escape a further taxpayer bail-out... more
Irish finance minister Brian Lenihan is to reveal a massive multibillion-euro masterplan to clean up the financial mess in the country's banking system... more
The London Olympics are drawing closer and it was only a matter of time before the corporate world began working out ways to squeeze money out of the sports fest... more
Ireland's largest financial institution, Allied Irish Banks PLC, announced it wants to raise an extra €1.5 billion this year to regain the confidence of global creditors... more
The Bank of Ireland defended its plans for a state bailout against a hail of criticism from shareholders, but admitted it had earlier failed to respond in time to the bursting of Ireland's property bubble... more
Ireland's big three banks have been handed a €7.5bn state bailout on far better terms than the equivalent £37bn package handed to RBS, HBOS and Lloyds TSB by the British Government... more
Ireland's two largest banks have been accused by British competitors of trying to poach millions of pounds of business from their corporate clients... more
British savers are looking to shift their money into Irish banks after the government there gave a 100 per cent guarantee to back all savings in the country's six banks... more
Banking: The Irish government has rushed to prop up the country's banking system with a €400 billion (£270 billion) unlimited, comprehensive guarantee of all forms of deposits and loans to them for the next two years... more
Banking: Bank of Ireland has warned of a bad first half with borrowers struggling to repay loans as Ireland faces recession for the first time in 20 years... more
Bank of England Governor Mervyn King turned down £100,000-a-year pay rise when he was reappointed for a second term a few months ago because he thought such an increase would be inappropriate.... more
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