Ian Guider

Ian Guider

Ian Guider is Markets Editor of The Sunday Business Post, and leads the paper’s markets coverage. He previously worked with Newstalk, where he was Business Editor and presenter of the station’s daily business show Breakfast Business. Guider has been a business journalist for more than 15 years, working for a number of Irish and international media groups including the Irish Examiner, the Sunday Tribune and Bloomberg, where he was Banking Correspondent.

State response is less stick, more blunt instrument

State response is less stick, more blunt instrument

Not a bad outcome for the banks after a week in which they seem, once again, to have got one over on the government and their customers

Swedish firm Pandox to bid for €1bn Jurys Inn

Swedish firm Pandox to bid for €1bn Jurys Inn

British tourism boom in wake of sterling slump makes hotel chain a hot property

Kuwaiti, Singaporean funds key investors in AIB listing

Kuwaiti, Singaporean funds key investors in AIB listing

New filings reveal that GIC Private, which is run by the government of Singapore, owns 27.7 million shares in the Irish bank worth more than €140 million

Is Ryanair ready for a successful turnaround?

Is Ryanair ready for a successful turnaround?

Ryanair may finally be forced to recognise a union if it is to move forward

Boxever goes up, up and away

Boxever goes up, up and away

The company that helps airlines utilise passenger data and is working with more than a dozen global names is looking further afield as it finalises a €6 million funding round

Revealed: IDA’s secret Apple data centre deal

Revealed: IDA’s secret Apple data centre deal

The €850 million project has been dogged by controversy and could still be delayed by a further planning appeal

Tracker scandal: banks face injunctions over repossession cases

Tracker scandal: banks face injunctions over repossession cases

Ex-minister: banks given ‘a licence to play fast and loose with consumers’; Bank of Ireland tells customers to halt sales until scandal is dealt with

Virtus ups stake in Irish IVF firm

Virtus ups stake in Irish IVF firm

Virtus now controls 85 per cent of the company

Hedge funds snap up stakes in Glenveagh

Hedge funds snap up stakes in Glenveagh

House builder Glenveagh floated on the Irish stock exchange this month

Trackers: Will the banks just walk away again?

Trackers: Will the banks just walk away again?

A decade ago, the banking industry emerged totally unscathed from a massive overcharging scandal. Will the tracker mortgage affair be any different?

CRH secures $3.5bn buyout of US cement firm Ash Grove

CRH secures $3.5bn buyout of US cement firm Ash Grove

Counterbid by former CRH executives fails as no offer submitted by formal deadline

Pageant Holdings ups stake in Providence

Pageant Holdings ups stake in Providence

The investment vehicle now controls just over 10 per cent of Providence, according to a regulator filing, making it the third-biggest investor in the company

Pitt departure sets the scene for further drama at INM

Pitt departure sets the scene for further drama at INM

The chief executive has resigned, but the issues he raised during his stormy tenure are still very much a live grenade, writes Ian Guider

When objecting becomes objectionable

When objecting becomes objectionable

Ireland has the good fortune to have both the climate and the space for data centre location. So why are we making it so hard for companies to do business with us?

Market Talk

Market Talk

Peter Bacon’s expertise may be needed again to find out just what on earth is going on in the housebuilding sector