Where was the shame? Where was the fear? Where were the women?On 2 March, the chief executive of Davy stockbrokers’ Brian McKiernan issued a memo to the company’s 700 staff. Some minutes earlier, the Central Bank had revealed that a record €4.

The bank's CEO, Colin Hunt, said the bank is making progress in a deal that will see it participate in the carve-up of Ulster Bank

AIB chief executive Colin Hunt said the bank is making progress in a deal that will see it participate in the carve-up of Ulster Bank, as it posted a net loss of €741m for 2020, reflecting a high level of charges for expected loan losses in the ...

Government policies for combatting the pandemic could be likened to government campaigns to discourage alcohol consumption in Ireland over the past decade.

The chief executive of Permanent TSB (PTSB) said he was "quite positive" the Government-owned mortgage bank will strike some sort of deal in the carve-up of the €20bn of Ulster Bank loan books.

State-owned bank interested in acquiring branches as well as mortgages and small business loans 

The reaction of a Bank of Ireland shareholder or maybe someone whose pension fund has invested in the bank, to yesterday’s announcement that the bank is to close 103 branches will be different to someone trying to run a business in one of the towns ...

BoI, which is 14% owned by the Government, plans to shut 88 of its 257 branches in the Republic, and 15 of its 28 branches in Northern Ireland

Bank of Ireland unveiled plans to close over 100 branches across Ireland as the country's largest lender unveiled the €1. 1bn toll in impaired loans in its first reckoning of the Covid-19 crisis.

The banking sector is unlikely to achieve full recovery until 2024 — but Ulster Bank's departure adds a wild card to the mix

A former National Treasury Management Agency head Michael Somers, who helped set up the agency during the debt crisis of the late 1980s, said the decision of Britain’s NatWest to pull Ulster Bank from the market sends a negative message around the ...

The State must devise a master plan for the future of banking, and it must move fast.

The Government has placed its State-owned Permanent TSB as well as AIB, which owns the EBS mortgage lender, in the lead positions to buy large parts of the Ulster Bank's €20bn loan books, of which €15bn is accounted for by mortgage loans

The withdrawal has left us with major headaches, not least a concentration of banking muscle in fewer hands. Jim Power mulls over what it all means, and concludes the State needs to take radical action now

The well-flagged expectation that Ulster Bank owner NatWest will, over a number of years, close its Irish subsidiary focuses attention on Ulster's 2,800 staff and 1. 1m customers, the bank's prospective customers too.

NatWest came to the decision after unexpectedly launching a review last year into the future of its 88 branches and €20bn in home loans and corporate lending in the Republic

Daragh Cassidy of Bonkers.ie answers your questions

The decision will dramatically lessen competition in the Irish banking sector and puts over 3,000 jobs at risk

Ulster Bank has 16% of the market share in agri-customers

Finance Minister said there are now "a number of possibilities" for other retail banks to step in to buy the financial institution

General secretary of the Financial Services Union  John O’Connell staff had been kept in the dark and they now needed clarity and certainty

Experts warn an Ulster Bank exit will have far-reaching consequences, both for business and private customers

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar told the Dáil the Government was concerned about the impact the bank's withdrawal would have

The board of NatWest is to meet on Thursday evening to discuss a proposal to wind down Ulster Bank's operations here

Oireachtas Finance Committee said that in the absence of Ulster engaging, it may consider recommending legislation against the bank selling loans to vulture funds

AIB paused its plan last March due to the Covid outbreak, but announced in December  it would be proceeding in the early part of this year