Here’s What Happened Today: Thursday
Everyone’s talking about Ireland’s emigration figures and whether the UK is going to take military action in Syria.
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Everyone’s talking about Ireland’s emigration figures and whether the UK is going to take military action in Syria.
TDs and Senators on the Oireachtas Finance Committee will grill the heads of the main Irish banks next week.
Pre-tax losses for the bank have fallen from €587 million in the first half of 2012 to €131 million in the first six months of this year.
Everybody’s talking about the devastating train derailment in Spain, Michael Lowry’s home being raided and the threat to child benefit in the budget.
The woman’s case was reviewed recently as she has been on an interest-only payment plan for around three years.
The bank said today that this return to the personal lending market is part of a broader plan to resume normal banking services.
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Michelle Mulherin says state-owned banks, NAMA and the former IBRC are incepting phone calls and emails of debtors.
Customers at both Permanent TSB and AIB have reported problems.
From this week, interest rates will vary for new customers depending on the amount they borrow and the value of the house.
Ulster Bank will charge €4 a month for current accounts from July – unless customers keep minimum balances or lodge certain amounts.
Margaret Hayes and Ray MacSharry were asked by the government in 2009 to fill the roles to ensure that the bank was acting in the public interest.
There’s some good news, though: losses on loan write-offs are down by over half a billion euro when compared to 2011.
The government has finally sold off the life and pensions arm of Irish Life and Permanent which was split from Permanent TSB after it required a €4 billion bailout in 2011.
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The repayment is part of over €17 billion that will be paid to bondholders by Irish banks in 2013.
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Permanent TSB says it will significantly increase lending for mortgages and personal loans in 2013.
The bank looks set to close 20 branches across the island of Ireland in the coming weeks.
The bank has defended its attitude to the new personal insolvency law after Alan Shatter said comments by its public interest director and former Tánaiste Ray MacSharry were “seriously out of touch”.
Yep, €45.5 billion – and there won’t be a vote or any discussion.
The finance minister says his department is reviewing bankers’ pay, but he hasn’t asked staff to waive parts of high salaries.
Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty says Kevin Murphy’s total remuneration package of €586,000 breached the government’s own pay cap.
A seventh institution asked not to be named by the regulator.
The Irish Life group reports profits of €112 million for the first half of 2012, boosted by the splitting-off of Permanent TSB.
Figures revealed for the first time show that 38 per cent of mortgage applications were rejected last year.
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State-controlled bank refuses to make comment on the loss.
As this image reveals, quite a bit.
The figures highlight the challenge ahead, according to new CEO Jeremy Masding.
Dublin and Cork to lose four branches each and three to go in Tipperary.
The state-owned lender will pursue an internal reorganisation, which will see it close 16 branches and consolidate others.
Reports on Monday suggested that Ireland will see one in every four of its bank branches shut within two years.
With as many as one-in-four bank branches set to close, we’re asking you if you use online banking or still prefer to visit your local branch.
The bank noted that its 0.35 per cent reduction is greater than the European Central Bank cut.