A High Court judge wants evidence as to what has been happening at a house in Killiney, Dublin, after he was told solicitor Brian O’Donnell has barricaded himself inside it to prevent a bankappointed receiver taking it over.

A subsidiary of Bank of Ireland has been ordered to pay €30,000 compensation to a senior manager who was discriminated against on grounds of gender.

Bank of Ireland said no client funds have been impacted by an internal inquiry in its private banking division.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking today maintained that equity markets may now have hit the bottom of the cycle and that investors should be alert to the potential for recovery.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking have announced plans for expansion with the launch of a new direct private banking arm that will actively target business from non Bank of Ireland clients.

THE times we live in are “undoubtedly the most exciting time ever in the history of this island”, President McAleese said the other day.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking today announced that it has invested €100m on behalf of its clients in a new US Infrastructure Private Equity deal.

IRISH investors spent €3 billion buying foreign properties in the three months to June of this year bringing the total spend this year to €5bn.

IRELAND may still be awaiting its first official trillionaire, but the number of millionaires in Irish society continues to grow as the country gets richer.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking today announced the appointment of Kevin Quinn to director with responsibility for Investments & Pensions.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking has acquired its first US property asset for €54.5 million ($71.7m) on behalf of clients, it was announced yesterday.

Irish Life Investment Managers (ILIM) has announced the appointment of Hillary Fitzgibbon as head of structured property.

BANK OF IRELAND has paid €55.8 million for a 25% stake in part of the old London Stock Exchange building.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Hammerson and GE Capital Real Estate for the redevelopment of the Old London Stock Exchange building on behalf of private clients.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking has confirmed it has invested about €50m on behalf of its clients in the development of the International Finance Centre in Seoul (IFC Seoul), South Korea.

A SIGNIFICANT number of small to medium-sized privately-owned businesses here expect to be involved in merger and acquisition activity (M&A) over the next few years.

Ireland is the second-wealthiest country in the world after Japan, according to a report from Bank of Ireland.

The pace of growth in equity investing by Bank of Ireland Private Banking overtook property in 05/06, the bank said today.

BANK OF IRELAND Private Banking has agreed to buy the Cité du Retiro building in Paris for €285 million.

TED CROSBIE, chairman of Opera 2005, last night launched the organisation’s programme for the coming season at the Heineken Brewery — and specifically, next week’s opening of The Marriage of Figaro.

The ISEQ index of Irish shares fell 24.11 to 5712.4 in morning trade today, fuelled by drops in financial stocks.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking today announced that it has acquired a 50% interest in Gallions Reach Shopping Park for £78.8m (€116m) on behalf of a number of its private clients.

Bank of Ireland Private Banking has acquired a landmark property in central Brussels, the IT Tower, for approximately €70m on behalf of a number of clients.