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# Banks - Today’s News

From Business ETC Mortgages

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

4 hours ago 2,459 Views 8 Comments

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

Art

AIB to donate 39 major artworks to the State

6 hours ago 1,654 Views 18 Comments

The bank will also make almost one thousand pieces of art available to be used for public exhibition.

# Banks - Monday 20 February, 2012

From Business ETC Lloyds

Lloyds Bank to strip bankers of £1m in bonuses

Mon, 8:53 AM 840 Views 2 Comments

The bank is to strip several existing and former senior bankers of more than $1 million in bonuses over their roles in mis-selling payment protection insurance.

# Banks - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

Promissory notes

“The time for burning bondholders is gone”: economists address promissory notes

15/02/12 4,071 Views 18 Comments

Oireachtas Committee for Finance has heard that Ireland should cancel or defer the repayment of promissory notes.

# Banks - Wednesday 8 February, 2012

From The Daily Edge Noah Lamaide speaking to ABC News Boy Wonder

Meet the 12-year-old boy who saved his granny from losing her house…

08/02/12 14,984 Views 37 Comments

Janice Sparhawk, 72, had fallen behind on her mortgage. So her grandson Noah sprang into action.

# Banks - Tuesday 7 February, 2012

From Business ETC EBS

EBS workers vote to end ’13th month’ strike action

07/02/12 2,225 Views 12 Comments

94 per cent of Unite members withdraw their action and to accept a deal brokered at the Labour Relations Commission last week.

# Banks - Wednesday 1 February, 2012

From Business ETC Secret code to dealing with banks? Not if SMEs educate themselves... Opinion

Column: Don’t know how to deal with banks? Get to know the code

01/02/12 3,913 Views 7 Comments

Many SME owners feel powerless in the face of banks, writes George Mordaunt, but if they educate themselves with the revised code of conduct they might find the breathing space they need.

# Banks - Tuesday 31 January, 2012

From Business ETC Loans

Loans to households, businesses declined during December

31/01/12 1,171 Views 8 Comments

Despite the dip in lending, households’ deposits with banks rose in December

# Banks - Thursday 26 January, 2012

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Trust Barometer rates media above government

26/01/12 1,138 Views 15 Comments

In pictures: the main findings of the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer.

# Banks - Wednesday 25 January, 2012

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Occupy Finance: Sit-down protest against bondholder payout

25/01/12 2,644 Views 90 Comments

Have you spotted other protests today against the payout of €1.25bn to Anglo Irish bondholders? Send your pics to us.

# Banks - Monday 23 January, 2012

9 at 9

The 9 at 9: Monday

23/01/12 5,306 Views 9 Comments

In today’s 9 at 9: The troika warns of a ‘financial bomb’ in Dublin; recruitment drive for teachers; and the search continues for the bodies of two fishermen from the trawler Tit Bonhomme.

Sean Quinn has only himself to blame for being 'pursued' - but who is pursuing the banks? Opinion

Column: It’s the turn of banks to pay a financial transaction tax

23/01/12 2,427 Views 12 Comments

This week, former trader Nick Leeson says it’s time Enda Kenny stop playing softball with the banks and siding with UK politicians – and focus on getting restitution for his citizens.

# Banks - Thursday 19 January, 2012

From Business ETC Mortgage Debt

Permanent TSB charging “subprime” and “usury” variable rate – O Cuiv

19/01/12 2,997 Views 9 Comments

State-owned financial institution should be forced to reduce its “punitive” mortgage rate, Dáil hears.

# Banks - Saturday 14 January, 2012

From Business ETC Banks

Kenny: We would like to see banks taxed

14/01/12 5,799 Views 66 Comments

However, the Taoiseach said that any financial tax that is not introduced in London will not be accepted in Dublin.

# Banks - Friday 13 January, 2012

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Senator: Bank workers should be taught suicide awareness

13/01/12 2,159 Views 20 Comments

Labour Senator Lorraine Higgins has said that banks have “moral and legal responsibilities to customers”, who may be under “untold pressure” to repay debts.

# Banks - Thursday 12 January, 2012

From Business ETC ECB president Mario Draghi ECB

ECB holds main eurozone interest rate at 1 per cent

12/01/12 1,450 Views 9 Comments

The decision follows two successive months of cutting the bank’s main interest rate which was a welcome boost for mortgage holders.

# Banks - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

AIB headquarters in Ballsbridge will be among the venues picketed by EBS workers during a strike next week. 13th month

EBS staff to hold second strike over ’13th month’ payment

11/01/12 2,676 Views 91 Comments

Staff will picket EBS branches and the offices of its parent bank AIB, in protest at the withholding of a December payment.

# Banks - Tuesday 10 January, 2012

Miners' leader Arthur Scargill, centre, leading trade unionists and miners in a march in 1984 London. Opinion

Column: I don’t have political leanings – but neither, it seems, has Labour

10/01/12 2,144 Views 21 Comments

This week, former trader Nick Leeson explains how he left London believing all UK political parties were the same – and how it looks like Ireland’s Labour party is also losing its Robin Hood status.

# Banks - Sunday 8 January, 2012

The Connacht Telegraph offices. Vita Cortex

Union says ex-workers being ‘left in the cold’ by NAMA, banks

08/01/12 2,984 Views 19 Comments

Lending its support to the Vita Cortex workers, Unite says that NAMA and Irish banks are facilitating the wrongful treatment of former employees.

# Banks - Sunday 1 January, 2012

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Read Me: The year’s best opinion pieces from TheJournal.ie

01/01/12 3,666 Views 4 Comments

Thought-provoking, moving, controversial: Our pick of the top ten Read Mes from 2011.

9 at 9

The 9 at 9: New Year’s Day

01/01/12 5,919 Views 24 Comments

Happy New Year! In the first 9 at 9 of 2012: earthquake hits Japan; an investigation into faulty breast implants; and crackdown on ‘provocative’ children’s clothing.

# Banks - Saturday 24 December, 2011

From Business ETC Opinion

Column: Your bank, your debt or your mental health – which will crack first?

24/12/11 3,046 Views 17 Comments

SME owner George Mordaunt says banking staff should be trained to deal with stressed out and indebted customers who feel under attack and at the end of their tether.

# Banks - Thursday 22 December, 2011

Mortgages

1 in 10 Irish mortgages are in arrears

22/12/11 1,988 Views 8 Comments

At the same time, one-fifth of all mortgage holders are believed to be having difficulties in meeting mortgage repayments.

# Banks - Wednesday 21 December, 2011

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IMF calls on EU to support Ireland

21/12/11 2,646 Views 20 Comments

The IMF says Ireland has made “exceptional” efforts to meet its bailout targets – and urged the EU to give more assistance to the country concerning its banking debts.

# Banks - Tuesday 20 December, 2011

An EBS employee on the picket line today EBS

Union: We’ll picket AIB too if striking EBS workers are not paid

20/12/11 3,386 Views 54 Comments

However, Unite said it was hopeful the decision not to make a Christmas payment would be reversed.

Quinn outside the court today Sean Quinn

Seán Quinn: ‘I made big mistakes’

20/12/11 4,707 Views 94 Comments

The former developer said he had made wrong decisions along with “thousands of other people”, as he was pursued in court over alleged debts.

# Banks - Monday 19 December, 2011

9 at 9

The 9 at 9: Monday

19/12/11 4,375 Views 8 Comments

Nine things to know this morning…

From Business ETC Lending

One-third of Irish businesses prevented from growing by credit shortage

19/12/11 973 Views 10 Comments

Almost half of businesses in the InterTradeIreland study were either shrinking, struggling or winding up entirely.

# Banks - Saturday 17 December, 2011

Horseback riders in snowy Igis, eastern Switzerland today Daily Fix This post contains videos

The Daily Fix: Saturday

17/12/11 5,548 Views 4 Comments

In tonight’s Fix: Government support nosedives in new poll; the truth about Christmas shopping; and the year’s most annoying words…

# Banks - Wednesday 14 December, 2011

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Wednesday

14/12/11 3,837 Views 8 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

# Banks - Tuesday 13 December, 2011

Bankers

Taoiseach urges banks to pass on interest rate cut

13/12/11 2,305 Views 40 Comments

The ECB has announced a cut in interest rates – but AIB, Ulster Bank and National Irish Bank have all said they won’t pass on the cut to mortgage customers.

# Banks - Monday 12 December, 2011

From Business ETC bankwatch

Half of SMEs seeking loans from banks in past three months were turned down

12/12/11 900 Views 12 Comments

Majority of those who answered ISME survey claim the Government is having no positive effect in making banks extend credit to SMEs.

# Banks - Saturday 10 December, 2011

From Business ETC Barclays CEO Bob Diamond earlier this year Bankers

‘No jerks’ rule at UK bank led to 30 staff leaving, CEO says

10/12/11 9,116 Views 20 Comments

Barclays boss Bob Diamond cited an incident in which five bankers spent £44,000 on wine at a meal to celebrate their bonuses.

# Banks - Thursday 8 December, 2011

From Business ETC ECB

ECB could cut interest rate cut by 0.5 per cent today

08/12/11 1,437 Views 15 Comments

The bank is expected to announce its second rate cut in five weeks as EU leaders travel to Brussels for a eurozone crisis summit.

# Banks - Thursday 1 December, 2011

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Thursday

01/12/11 4,058 Views 3 Comments

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should Ireland extend the Bank Guarantee Scheme?

01/12/11 4,916 Views 74 Comments

TDs and Senators will today vote on extending the guarantee by 12 months. Today we’re asking you: how would you vote?

From Business ETC A trader in South Korea this morning Markets

Markets regain confidence after world banks’ move

01/12/11 1,349 Views 5 Comments

Asian stocks and shares rose overnight, in a sign that markets are welcoming yesterdays intervention by six central banks.

Michael Noonan Bank Guarantee

TDs to vote on extending bank guarantee for another year

01/12/11 2,076 Views 48 Comments

The Government is seeking to extend the controversial measure – which it voted against extending while in Opposition.

# Banks - Wednesday 30 November, 2011

From Business ETC Banks

World banks move to bolster global economy

30/11/11 3,384 Views 39 Comments

The ECB, US Federal Reserve and central banks in Japan, Swizterland, Canada and Britain are backing a move to make it easier for banks to access dollars if they need to.

From Business ETC Banks

S&P downgrades major US banks

30/11/11 1,471 Views 10 Comments

The agency’s latest credit ratings downgrades include Bank of America, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase.

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TODAY IS ASH Wednesday, which marks the start of the 40-day Lenten period. Once upon a time, in predominately Catholic Ireland, the tradition of “giving up” some luxury or indulgence from now until Easter Sunday was strictly observed.

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Column: The Ireland women’s rugby team is being ignored. They deserve better.
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Psychological torture can be as destructive as violence – and it’s much easier to conceal, writes Paula McGovern.

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