As the grand reopening continues tomorrow, a new bill to help small firms in distress is welcome but some form of arbitration on leases is needed along with it

KBC and Ulster Bank’s exit from the Irish market will leave only AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB as serious players and the dearth of competition will come at a cost to bank customers

The grey areas that exist in this country regarding unregulated investments need to be tackled before even more of our citizens are taken advantage of

Instead of looking to pay private sector-sized salaries to the public sector, the government should consider bringing in private sector-style management where your job depends on your performance

If we’re going to use public funds to get people spending more money when the economy fully reopens, let’s make it easy for them to do so

Private equity firms may be eyeing the business as a bargain buy, but Davy is important to the Irish financial system and Bank of Ireland would be the ultimate safe pair of hands

Love him or loathe him, the Ryanair chief executive will play a crucial role when the tourism industry eventually regroups after the pandemic

Right now, the state can fund itself at very low cost. That won’t last for ever, and we must take advantage of it while we can

The scandal involving the venerable stockbroker reminds us that, in most cases of economic wrongdoing, there are no real consequences for those who gain unfairly

We seem to have drifted into a crisis in banking without realising it and need to acknowledge that concentrating all attention on the pillar banks has not delivered

The hotel group’s founder says it has ample resources to weather the Covid storm and that the sector will be on the road to recovery by year’s end

It’s been a pillar of Irish public life for almost a century. But now the venerable Dawson Street stockbroker has been rocked by a scandal that threatens to bring down its top brass and destroy its hard-won reputation

The troubled stockbroker’s CEO and two other senior executives have resigned over a 2014 bond deal that resulted in a €4.1m fine from the Central Bank

The US fashion retailer, which has struggled in recent times, says its College Green outlet’s lease is expiring and won’t be renewed

Some 88 branches in the Republic and 15 in Northern Ireland will be closed this year

Denis O’Brien’s stormy romance with the Irish media is finally coming to an end. But his plans for Digicel may end up making his losses here look like small change

To create competition in the sector, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe could be faced with providing millions of euro to allow Permanent TSB to take over the exiting bank’s assets

The Dublin-based clinical trials firm plans to add thousands to its workforce after acquiring US rival PRA Health

Siobhán Talbot, the company’s managing director, says recovery in sales is due to a shift to healthier food as a result of the pandemic

Bauer Media Audio acquires Today FM, Newstalk and other stations as tycoon exits with likely heavy losses