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# Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland is the second largest bank in Ireland today. It provides a range of personal and business banking services. Following the collapse of the value of the bank’s shares, the government announced a €7 billion rescue package for BOI and Allied Irish Banks on 12 February 2009.

# Bank of Ireland - Today’s News

From Business ETC Mortgages

Bank of Ireland received €264million in applications for mortgage fund

4 hours ago 2,562 Views 9 Comments

The lender said it was showing “support and commitment to the Irish mortgage market”.

# Bank of Ireland - Yesterday’s News

From Business ETC insolvency

BoI plays down report on mortgage rate hikes

Yesterday, 3:11 PM 2,750 Views 17 Comments

The remarks come after chief executive Richie Boucher was quoted as saying new insolvency legislation could lead to increases.

# Bank of Ireland - Monday 20 February, 2012

From Business ETC Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher said 2011 was a Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland reports 80 per cent drop in losses

Mon, 9:16 AM 1,942 Views 14 Comments

Preliminary results for 2011 show that losses before tax fell to €190m, compared to €950m in the previous twelve months.

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The 9 at 9: Monday

Mon, 8:29 AM 4,136 Views 9 Comments

Nine things to know by 9am, including: Final day of Xi visit, Greece set for €130bn loan, Bank of Ireland cuts its losses, and are you hungry enough for a test tube hamburger?

# Bank of Ireland - Sunday 12 February, 2012

From Business ETC Bankers' Pay

Noonan considering ‘outside expertise’ in quest to cut bankers’ wages

12/02/12 3,576 Views 63 Comments

Michael Noonan says he is considering bringing in outsiders to help him enforce the findings of a review of banking salaries.

# Bank of Ireland - Tuesday 7 February, 2012

occupy

Galway airport workers begin sit-in to ensure redundancy payments

07/02/12 1,319 Views 15 Comments

The airport will continue to operate as normal as staff say they will continue to work during the sit-in.

# Bank of Ireland - Saturday 4 February, 2012

Airport

Concern growing over future of Galway Airport

04/02/12 6,745 Views 65 Comments

Labour TD says that the AG and Dept of Finance are looking into a recent banking decision which could seriously impact on the airport’s ability to operate.

# Bank of Ireland - Tuesday 31 January, 2012

College Green

Minister wants to turn College Green into pedestrian plaza

31/01/12 3,644 Views 32 Comments

Arts minister Jimmy Deenihan says he has had “constructive engagement” with Bank of Ireland about taking its College Green HQ.

# Bank of Ireland - Tuesday 20 December, 2011

From Business ETC European competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia has approved Ireland's programmes for restructuring Bank of Ireland and supporting the credit unions. Green Light

Europe approves government aid for credit unions and BoI restructure

20/12/11 1,754 Views 10 Comments

The European Commission approves the Irish government’s latest measures to support the ailing financial system.

# Bank of Ireland - Monday 12 December, 2011

From Business ETC Stressed

20 banks that are praying Europe doesn’t go bust

12/12/11 4,952 Views 9 Comments

AIB and Bank of Ireland are in this list from Business Insider which ranks them the first and seventh most exposed banks in Europe.

# Bank of Ireland - Friday 9 December, 2011

Mortgages

Five banks not passing on full ECB rate cut to mortgage customers

09/12/11 3,041 Views 16 Comments

The ECB yesterday announced a 0.25 per cent cut in its base rate which will kick in from 14 December – but not for all Irish mortgage holders…

# Bank of Ireland - Thursday 8 December, 2011

From Business ETC Stress Tests

Good news: AIB, BoI and IL&P banks pass latest round of stress tests

08/12/11 2,369 Views 39 Comments

The results were widely expected and indicate that Michael Noonan’s restructuring of the banking system is working in this regard.

# Bank of Ireland - Wednesday 7 December, 2011

From Business ETC Stimulus

Bank of Ireland to make €1.5 billion available for mortgages

07/12/11 3,246 Views 27 Comments

The move comes one day after Finance Minister Michael Noonan announced a range of measures in the Budget encouraging people to buy homes.

# Bank of Ireland - Friday 2 December, 2011

The Reclaim Fingal Alliance protest against a new regional sewage treatment plant. Daily Fix This post contains videosThis post contains images

The Daily Fix: Friday

02/12/11 3,065 Views 4 Comments

Catch upon the day’s biggest stories as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…

From Business ETC Bank of Ireland

Noonan scraps BoI bond-burning plan after bank reaches stress test target

02/12/11 2,064 Views 15 Comments

Bank of Ireland raises €350m by buying back capital securities – meaning there is no need to write down its junior bonds.

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The 9 at 9: Friday

02/12/11 3,245 Views 10 Comments

Nine things to know by 9am: All eyes on Merkel over EU’s future, BoI hits the stress-test target, more pressure on Iran – and is Joxer heading to Kiev or Warsaw?

# Bank of Ireland - Tuesday 29 November, 2011

From Business ETC File photo Irish Banks

Anglo tops chart for bank spending on home repossessions

29/11/11 2,210 Views 15 Comments

The four State-guaranteed lenders spent almost €7million on legal fees to repossess borrowers’ properties over the last two years.

# Bank of Ireland - Monday 28 November, 2011

From Business ETC Banks

Bank of Ireland raises €500million in loan sale

28/11/11 1,194 Views 10 Comments

It’s hoped the move will avoid the need for further taxpayer support of the bank.

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The 9 at 9: Monday

28/11/11 4,767 Views 10 Comments

Nine things to know by 9am: More details on Budget 2012 pain, Archbishop denies media “anti-Catholic bias”, good news from BoI, and the end of Janet’s X Factor odyssey

# Bank of Ireland - Sunday 27 November, 2011

From Business ETC Drumm

Drumm defends role in Anglo collapse, says: ‘Everyone was on the same team’

27/11/11 4,503 Views 62 Comments

The former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank says he will not be returning from the US because of the “witch hunt” against him in Ireland.

# Bank of Ireland - Wednesday 23 November, 2011

The Bank of Ireland branch in Glanmire, where the attempted raid occurred. Arrests

Four arrests in connection with attempted armed robbery of Cork bank

23/11/11 974 Views No Comments

Two men attempted to rob a Bank of Ireland in Glanmire last August.

From Business ETC Burn the Bondholders

Noonan mulls burning Bank of Ireland’s junior bondholders

23/11/11 2,353 Views 37 Comments

Finance Minister Michael Noonan says he is considering writing down some subordinated liabilities by up to 100 per cent.

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The 9 at 9: Wednesday

23/11/11 4,244 Views 8 Comments

Nine things to know by 9am: Budget may introduce charges for medical cards, plans to burn Bank of Ireland bondholders, and no more ‘Six Degrees of Separation’

# Bank of Ireland - Wednesday 16 November, 2011

From Business ETC Bank Guarantee

Noonan confirms plans to extend bank guarantee

16/11/11 3,246 Views 60 Comments

Michael Noonan has accepted the advice of Patrick Honohan and proposes to extend the Eligible Liabilities Guarantee Scheme.

# Bank of Ireland - Friday 11 November, 2011

From Business ETC Eamon Gilmore has called on lenders to follow AIB with a rate cut Rate Cut

Gilmore urges other banks to follow AIB with rate cut

11/11/11 276 Views 15 Comments

The Tánaiste has called on Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank to also pass on the ECB rate reduction to mortgage customers.

# Bank of Ireland - Thursday 10 November, 2011

Eamon Gilmore addresses the Dáil this morning Banks

Government may ‘take action’ against banks not passing on mortgage rate cut

10/11/11 594 Views 40 Comments

Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB will not pass on the recent ECB rate cut to homeowners, it has emerged.

# Bank of Ireland - Friday 4 November, 2011

Mario Draghi was all smiles at a press conference yesterday. Interest Rates

Two banks will pass on ECB interest rate cut to mortgage holders

04/11/11 2,043 Views 23 Comments

But aside from Permanent TSB and KBC Bank Ireland, what are the other banks doing?

# Bank of Ireland - Thursday 27 October, 2011

From Business ETC Credit

New initiative will make applying for credit ‘easier’ for businesses

27/10/11 144 Views 1 Comment

The new Standardised SME Lending Application Form, adopted by AIB and Bank of Ireland, will help businesses to identify exactly what is required of them when applying for credit, says the Minister for Small Business

# Bank of Ireland - Monday 17 October, 2011

Mary Davis at the Inclusion Ireland debate earlier today Race for the Áras

Mary Davis: I acted with integrity on board of 100 per cent mortgage lender

17/10/11 782 Views 22 Comments

But she said the mortgages would not have been introduced “if I knew then what I know now”.

Take 5

Take 5: Monday

17/10/11 2,954 Views 3 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

From Business ETC Bank of Ireland

Government concludes sale of €1bn in Bank of Ireland shares

17/10/11 1,769 Views 12 Comments

Michael Noonan hails the sale of 10.51 billion shares in Bank of Ireland, which reduces the State’s role in the banking sector.

# Bank of Ireland - Monday 3 October, 2011

Race for the Áras

Mary Davis releases full tax filings – and encourages other candidates to follow suit

03/10/11 2,098 Views 54 Comments

Mary Davis attempts to draw a line under controversy about her earnings by publishing her tax filings for the last three years.

# Bank of Ireland - Tuesday 13 September, 2011

The Bank of Ireland on Parliament Street in Kilkenny, where former Kilkenny hurler Adrian Ronan was asked to take €3m by a gang who kidnapped his wife. Tiger Kidnapping

Man arrested over tiger kidnapping on hurler’s wife

13/09/11 364 Views 2 Comments

All-Ireland winner Adrian Ronan’s wife was kidnapped in November 2009, but released without harm some hours later.

# Bank of Ireland - Monday 29 August, 2011

From Business ETC AIB and Bank of Ireland say they won't meet their lending targets because of poor demand for loans - but the SFA disagrees. Credit

Banks won’t meet lending targets – because too few businesses want loans

29/08/11 647 Views 16 Comments

The Credit Review Office says banks won’t meet their targets for lending to small businesses – but that it’s not their fault.

# Bank of Ireland - Monday 22 August, 2011

Sean Graham, 7, poses with a €500 aquarium he won from Sharkey's Cuts for Kids hairdressers. Today he donated the aquarium to Temple Street Children's Hospital for the enjoyment of its patients. The Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Monday

22/08/11 1,915 Views 2 Comments

The battle for Tripoli rages on, the bishop of Cloyne breaks his silence, Ireland’s latest viral sensation and… can we turn light bulbs into wifi routers?

Emergency Lending

US Fed gave Irish banks €8bn in emergency loans

22/08/11 297 Views 11 Comments

Data compiled by Bloomberg shows that Ireland’s banks got emergency loans from the US while being capitalised back home.

# Bank of Ireland - Friday 12 August, 2011

From Business ETC BOI CEO Richie Boucher Interest Rates

Interest rate hike for Bank of Ireland customers

12/08/11 259 Views 18 Comments

The standard variable mortgage rate is going up, as are rates on personal credit cards and personal variable loans.

# Bank of Ireland - Wednesday 10 August, 2011

Last Tango in Dublin? Of course not. The International Tango Festival has been launched as part of Dublin's Latin America Festival which starts tomorrow. Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

10/08/11 1,311 Views 1 Comment

In today’s Fix: first jail sentences following UK riots, is a bailout on the way for Cyprus, the Lord Mayor in a poncho, and creating a beard out of thin air…

From Business ETC Mortgages

BoI signals eventual increase in mortgage interest rates

10/08/11 147 Views 3 Comments

Richie Boucher says his bank can’t keep absorbing ECB hikes – and that it’ll have to pass on any future increases.

From Business ETC Richie Boucher was upbeat in his CEO statement on Bank of Ireland's H1 performance. Bad Loans

Bank of Ireland losses narrow to €723m

10/08/11 288 Views 2 Comments

So far in 2011, Ireland’s only domestic lender outside State control has almost halved its pre-tax losses.

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