Market week

ICS Building Society, which is owned by Bank of Ireland, said profit after tax rose nearly 15 per cent to €80.6 million in 2004.

ICS processed over €5 million in new mortgages as demand in the first two months of the year ballooned 20 per cent from a year earlier.

Bank of Ireland said it plans to save €120 million in annual costs by cutting 2,100 jobs, or 12 per cent of the ...