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# Richie Boucher

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'The rage inside me was getting stronger': Ireland's top bankers face grilling on mortgages and repossessions
Three of Ireland’s top bankers were before an Oireachtas committee to talk about the state of Irish banking system.
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Nov 27th 2016, 7:00 AM
Michael Noonan warns banks: Cut your interest rates or else...
“Happy customers make for profitable banks,” the finance minister said today.
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May 22nd 2015, 12:25 PM
Bank of Ireland CEO: 'We can repay people financially, but not morally'
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
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May 6th 2015, 1:28 PM
State of the Nation: Can Fine Gael and Labour agree on water charges?
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
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Nov 5th 2014, 9:00 AM
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Everyone’s talking about the July 12th marches, protests in Dublin, fresh violence in Gaza and the death of the last surviving original Ramone.
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Jul 12th 2014, 7:40 PM
BOI chief Richie Boucher tells staff he is being treated for cancer
The Bank of Ireland chief executive expects to be back to work in September.
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Jul 12th 2014, 11:56 AM
'The shortest bankruptcy in the world' - IMHO agrees three month debt deal with banks
The mortgage holder’s advocate has struck a deal with two major banks and hopes more will follow.
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Jun 4th 2014, 1:39 PM
Insolvency chief blasts Bank of Ireland
The state-backed lender’s refusal to engage with personal insolvency legislation is in the crosshairs.
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Apr 30th 2014, 12:11 PM
Number of defaulted loans fall at Bank of Ireland
BoI says it is trading normally as shareholders meet in Dublin.
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Apr 25th 2014, 11:33 AM
Pearse Doherty: Missing bank guarantee letters may be grounds for conspiracy theory
Letters have gone missing from the Department of Finance and – it was revealed this week – Bank of Ireland in a development described as “highly suspicious” by the Sinn Féin deputy Pearse Doherty.
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Apr 13th 2014, 7:30 AM
Here's What Happened Today: Thursday
Everyonne’s talking about the Omagh bomb, Rehab revelations, and President Higgins…
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Apr 10th 2014, 11:30 PM
Richie Boucher defends €843,000 pay, says BOI is 'comfortable'
Bank of Ireland officials told the finance committee that they would veto any suggestion of debt write-down made by a Personal Insolvency Practitioner.
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Apr 10th 2014, 5:05 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Apr 10th 2014, 4:55 PM
"Profitable and generating capital": BoI losses narrow, mortgage arrears still 'key priority'
Bank of Ireland has released its results for 2013. Richie Boucher says the institution made “further substantial progress” last year.
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Mar 3rd 2014, 9:30 AM
Watch: "It's all gone mad" - 8 moments from this week's 'grilling' of the bankers
The bankers were given targets to tackle the mortgage crisis, but no-one was happy with the measures they took to reach them…
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Sep 8th 2013, 8:05 AM
Bankers' answers on Priory Hall prompt "massive worry" among residents
AIB boss David Duffy said this week the bank would pull out of a process aimed at reaching a solution for all of the residents, and try and reach deals with just its own customers.
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Sep 7th 2013, 8:15 AM
Donnelly and Mathews let rip at Bank of Ireland executives
Peter Mathews and Stephen Donnelly were in the Oireachtas Finance Committee today and were full of questions for Bank of Ireland boss Richie Boucher.
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Sep 4th 2013, 8:00 PM
Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank accused of having no solutions on Priory Hall
CEOs Richie Boucher and Jim Brown came under pressure from TDs today to explain what they were doing to help former residents of the abandoned Donaghmede apartment complex.
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Sep 4th 2013, 6:08 PM
'My contract has been accepted by government': Richie Boucher on his €843k salary
The Bank of Ireland chief executive got into a testy exchange with a Labour TD over his pay packet today.
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Sep 4th 2013, 3:03 PM
LIVE: Ulster Bank chief Jim Brown faces Finance Committee
TDs and Senators are grilling the bankers on mortgage arrears and other issues this week. It’s Ulster Bank’s turn this afternoon.
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Sep 4th 2013, 2:35 PM
'It's like being in a maze': FG TD tells BOI chief he is not facilitating committee
Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher frustrated TDs at the Oireachtas Finance Committee today
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Sep 4th 2013, 1:04 PM
Bank of Ireland has addressed 53 per cent of defaulting mortgages
Bank of Ireland told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that it has 11,774 mortgages in default and has dealt with over 6,200 of those accounts.
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Sep 4th 2013, 11:36 AM
Finance Committee to press BoI chief on banking inquiry response
Bank of Ireland’s response to a Michael Noonan letter on preservation of records was “measured at best, reserved at worst” according to committee chairman Ciarán Lynch.
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Sep 3rd 2013, 6:30 AM
TDs and Senators coming back next week to grill bankers over mortgage arrears
TDs and Senators on the Oireachtas Finance Committee will grill the heads of the main Irish banks next week.
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Aug 29th 2013, 5:25 PM
Bank of Ireland loses €504 million in the first six months of 2013
Richie Boucher said that it ‘was not for him’ to say why people weren’t paying their mortgages, but encouraged those in difficulty to engage with the bank.
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Aug 2nd 2013, 8:43 AM
Top readers' comments of the week
Here’s our round-up of the best, the most interesting and the most commented-on pieces from the past week. Did you make it in?
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Apr 27th 2013, 11:00 AM
Government won’t use Bank of Ireland stake to oppose Boucher’s €843k salary
The taxpayer’s 15 per cent stake in the bank won’t be used to try and stop shareholders approving Richie Boucher’s pay.
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Apr 24th 2013, 9:04 AM
Bank of Ireland CEO received total pay of €843,000 last year
Bank of Ireland’s annual report reveals a minor pay increase for Richie Boucher, despite pre-tax losses of €2.17 billion.
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Mar 20th 2013, 8:49 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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Mar 20th 2013, 8:36 AM
Bank of Ireland loses €2.1 billion in 2012
Looking to the year ahead, its chief executive, Richie Boucher, said that “taxpayers are very much in the money with regard to Bank of Ireland.”
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Mar 4th 2013, 11:06 AM
Here is the week's news... skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Making it easier to get an Irish Heritage certificate; criminals too busy wetting themselves at Garda Segways to commit crimes; Richie Boucher catches Bond producers’ eye.
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Nov 3rd 2012, 5:00 PM
Bank of Ireland shareholders approve complex promissory note - bond deal
Shareholders at the bank voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal that was first announced by the Finance Minister in March.
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Jun 18th 2012, 1:45 PM
Bank of Ireland chief executive given €898,000 package last year
Bank of Ireland’s annual report shows Richie Boucher benefited by €831,000 last year after waiving €67,000 of pay.
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Mar 16th 2012, 8:09 AM
BoI plays down report on mortgage rate hikes
The remarks come after chief executive Richie Boucher was quoted as saying new insolvency legislation could lead to increases.
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Feb 21st 2012, 3:11 PM
Bank of Ireland reports 80 per cent drop in losses
Preliminary results for 2011 show that losses before tax fell to €190m, compared to €950m in the previous twelve months.
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Feb 20th 2012, 9:16 AM
Interest rate hike for Bank of Ireland customers
The standard variable mortgage rate is going up, as are rates on personal credit cards and personal variable loans.
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Aug 12th 2011, 9:54 PM
BoI signals eventual increase in mortgage interest rates
Richie Boucher says his bank can’t keep absorbing ECB hikes – and that it’ll have to pass on any future increases.
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Aug 10th 2011, 5:25 PM
Bank of Ireland losses narrow to €723m
So far in 2011, Ireland’s only domestic lender outside State control has almost halved its pre-tax losses.
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Aug 10th 2011, 9:35 AM
Bank of Ireland posts losses of €950 million from last year
Reacting to the losses chief executive Richie Boucher appeared to indicate he is not in favour of debt forgiveness for struggling mortgage holders.
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Apr 14th 2011, 9:16 AM
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: The public sector under fire; Japanese suffer ‘earthquake sickness’ and is Ryan Tubridy off to the BBC?
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Apr 14th 2011, 8:30 AM
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