The deputy governor of the Central Bank has warned that public sector pay restrictions and the lure of better pay at the European Central Bank are damaging its ability to retain staff.

It may only be a matter of time before a cyber attack creates a systemic problem that cascades across the broader financial industry, the Central Bank’s deputy governor has warned.

Senior officials from the Department of Finance and the Central Bank are to meet to discuss measures to address weaknesses in the loss-making insurance industry.

Bank lending will remain a crucial source of funding for SMEs despite attempts to develop alternative forms of finance, according to Central Bank deputy governor Cyril Roux.

The new Central Bank rules on mortgage lending will be introduced immediately once they are agreed next week.

One of Ireland’s leading banks has moved to reassure its 1.3 million customers after it failed a major European health check.

The majority of home-buyers will in future have to put down a 20% deposit and be able to borrow a maximum of 3.5 times their salary, according to new rules by the Central Bank.

Most people seeking a mortgage from next year will be restricted to borrowing a maximum of 80% of the cost of the property.

Irish banks will have to undergo regular stress tests as part of the new European Banking Union, one of the region’s top regulators told a conference in Dublin.

The Financial Regulator Cyril Roux says solving the mortgage arrears crisis is a top priority.

Central Bank chief Patrick Honohan has said a broad and effective banking inquiry will go a long way to restoring confidence in the financial regulatory system and in Irish public affairs in general.

A broad and effective banking inquiry will go a long way to restoring confidence in the financial regulatory system and in Irish public affairs in general, according to the governor of the Central Bank, Patrick Honohan.

The governor of the Central Bank has said he agrees with a judge’s withering attack on the former financial regulator over a loans-for-shares scam at Anglo Irish Bank.

The Central Bank of Ireland will be the only authority tasked with taking action against directors and board members of credit institutions when the new European-wide Single Supervisory Mechanism.

The Central Bank says it will not disclose how much SME debt has been restructured by the pillar banks.

Sharon Donnery is taking over from Fiona Muldoon as the director of credit institutions at the Central Bank with immediate effect.

Plans by the Central Bank to reinstate bonuses and pay rises for high-earning officials are an insult to people struggling to survive post-recession Ireland, anti-poverty groups have said.

The Central Bank is considering pay increases and bonuses for senior staff and all employees, as well as other ‘reward models’, as part of an internal review.

More than 25,000 people who were in arrears lost their homes between April and September, according to the latest figures from the Central Bank.

Developing a coherent and effective framework is the biggest challenge facing regulators in the post-crisis environment, according to the new deputy governor of the Central Bank, Cyril Roux.

The selection of Frenchman Cyril Roux as financial regulator and deputy Central Bank governor in succession to Matthew Elderfield has caught a few people on the hop, although the appointment has received a broad, if cautious, welcome.

The Central Bank has appointed a French official to take over as financial regulator, the second foreigner in succession to fill the role.

Today is the anniversary of the death of Michael Collins and we mark the occasion by publishing a fresh look at how Collins as finance minister of the day might have reacted to the crisis besetting modern Ireland.

The identity of Ireland's next Financial Regulator has been revealed.