It is reported that AIB and EBS are to use rent receivers to collect money owed to them by landlords on buy-to-let mortgages.

FULL-BACK Gavin Dunne was the star of the show for St Mary’s College last night as his 15-point haul sent the Templeogue side joint top of the Ulster Bank Division 1A table.

A former chief executive of Bank of Ireland has said the prospect of nationalising the bank is "on a knife edge".

LEADING business figures and former politicians including Sean O’Driscoll of Glen Dimplex and telecom tycoon Denis O’Brien have drafted an economic recovery plan that urges the Government to slash 30,000 jobs from the public sector.

THE suggestion by Michael Soden, former chief executive of Bank of Ireland, that the working week should be extended to 5.5 days for a time-limited period and for no additional compensation is intriguing.

FORMER Bank of Ireland chief executive Brian Goggin refused to be drawn into the controversy over who said what to the Government on the fateful night of September 29, 2008, when the bank guarantee was introduced to prevent a run on the Irish banks.

ONE51 boss Philip Lynch bowed to shareholder pressure and disclosed to the group’s well attended AGM in Dublin yesterday that he was paid €1.4 million last year, despite presiding over losses of nearly €100m in the previous three years.

BANK of Ireland shares plunged more than 6% yesterday, as the Government took control of a sixth of Ireland’s biggest bank by market value.

A former Chief Executive of Bank of Ireland has expressed concern about how the Government's bank rescue body will function.

FORMER Bank of Ireland chief executive Mike Soden has stood over remarks in which he suggested society should not have to carry the burden of lone parents “who choose that lifestyle”.

IT was reported last week that Irish banks were looking at diverse ways of shoring up their capital positions in a bid to avoid taking state funds or asking shareholders for money.

AS the Irish banking sector continues to struggle it raises the prospect of a merger or takeover of one or more of the banks.

The team lineups for this weekend’s AIB League fixtures have been announced.

FORMER Bank of Ireland chief executive Michael Soden has been linked with a deal to buy assets belonging to troubled British energy group Regal Petroleum.

The Bank of Ireland has made a special payment of €2.3m to its former Chief Executive Michael Soden.

Former Bank of Ireland chief executive Mike Soden has been paid €2.7 million in settlement for the loss of his job at the bank. Mr Soden resigned after it emerged he accessed a Las Vegas escort internet site.

David Clerkin argues that Bank of Ireland broke its duty of confidentiality.

BANK OF IRELAND has agreed a €3 million golden handshake deal with Michael Soden, the former chief executive who resigned last year after using his work computer to access the website of an escort agency.

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DETAILS of former Bank of Ireland chief executive Michael Soden’s severance package will not be made public until next year, the bank said yesterday.

THE controversy surrounding Bank of Ireland’s funding of a publisher of pornographic magazines was finally put to bed yesterday when the bank confirmed it had transferred its €7 million loan to Remnant Media to another bank.

AIB was accused of running from public scrutiny last night after it said its report into overcharging foreign exchange customers would be delayed for six weeks.

HOURS after Bank of Ireland said it was not vulnerable to a takeover, Barclays bank's Kerry-born chief executive Matthew Barrett said his bank is open to partnerships or mergers to keep pace with US competitors.

An inquiry has been launched into trading of Bank of Ireland shares at the time of former chief executive Michael Soden's retirement last week.

Bank of Ireland has named Brian Goggin as its new chief executive following the resignation of Mike Soden.

THE chief executive of the country’s second largest banking group sensationally quit his position over the weekend after being caught accessing adult websites in breach of company guidelines.

BANK OF IRELAND will move to appoint a successor to Michael Soden as early as this week, but the vacancy left by former Aer Lingus chairman Tom Mulcahy will remain unfilled until later in the summer.

As two banks reel in the wake of scandal, DAVID CLERKIN compares their reactions to the crises.

AIB group chief executive Micheal Buckley is under mounting pressure following the sudden resignations of two major figures in Irish banking over the weekend.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was stating the obvious when, in an RTÉ radio interview yesterday, he said that breaches of the tax laws by AIB executives must be fully investigated.

Scandals involving two of Ireland’s major banks have jeopardised the financial industry’s international credibility, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern warned today.

The Chief Executive of the Bank of Ireland Group, Michael Soden has resigned.

BANK OF IRELAND met market expectations yesterday when it announced pre-tax profits of E1.27 billion last year, an 8% increase.

BANK of Ireland's new focus on selling-off non-core businesses and developing a sustainable lower cost base is not a prelude to relocating work to low-cost countries like India, the bank said last night.

THE nation’s two biggest financial institutions — AIB and Bank of Ireland — won’t be in Irish ownership in five years unless the two boards change their tune.

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THE full benefits of Bank of Ireland’s joint venture with the Post Office in Britain will not be seen for 18 months, the bank said yesterday.

Bank of Ireland issued strong full year results today, with profit before tax coming in at €1,013m for the year to the end of March.