# richie-boucher - Sunday 27 November, 2016
# Bankers
# Bankers
Three of Ireland’s top bankers were before an Oireachtas committee to talk about the state of Irish banking system.
# richie-boucher - Friday 22 May, 2015
# The Boss
# The Boss
“Happy customers make for profitable banks,” the finance minister said today.
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 6 May, 2015
# We All Partied
# We All Partied
Richie Boucher said bankers’ pre-crash salaries were “relatively generous”.
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
# Dáil Talk
# Dáil Talk
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
# richie-boucher - Saturday 12 July, 2014
# Newsfix
# Newsfix
Everyone’s talking about the July 12th marches, protests in Dublin, fresh violence in Gaza and the death of the last surviving original Ramone.
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
The Bank of Ireland chief executive expects to be back to work in September.
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
# End Of The Tunnel
# End Of The Tunnel
The mortgage holder’s advocate has struck a deal with two major banks and hopes more will follow.
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 30 April, 2014
# Bad Bank
# Bad Bank
The state-backed lender’s refusal to engage with personal insolvency legislation is in the crosshairs.
# richie-boucher - Friday 25 April, 2014
# Improvement
# Improvement
BoI says it is trading normally as shareholders meet in Dublin.
# richie-boucher - Sunday 13 April, 2014
# Still Missing
# Still Missing
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.
# richie-boucher - Thursday 10 April, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everyonne’s talking about the Omagh bomb, Rehab revelations, and President Higgins…
# Debt
# Debt
Bank of Ireland officials told the finance committee that they would veto any suggestion of debt write-down made by a Personal Insolvency Practitioner.
# The 5 At 5
# The 5 At 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# richie-boucher - Monday 3 March, 2014
# Profit And Loss
# Profit And Loss
Bank of Ireland has released its results for 2013. Richie Boucher says the institution made “further substantial progress” last year.
# richie-boucher - Sunday 8 September, 2013
# Finance Committee
# Finance Committee
The bankers were given targets to tackle the mortgage crisis, but no-one was happy with the measures they took to reach them…
# richie-boucher - Saturday 7 September, 2013
# Finance Committee
# Finance Committee
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.
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 4 September, 2013
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
Peter Mathews and Stephen Donnelly were in the Oireachtas Finance Committee today and were full of questions for Bank of Ireland boss Richie Boucher .
# Priory Hall
# 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.
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
The Bank of Ireland chief executive got into a testy exchange with a Labour TD over his pay packet today.
# Banks
# Banks
TDs and Senators are grilling the bankers on mortgage arrears and other issues this week. It’s Ulster Bank’s turn this afternoon.
# Richie Boucher
# Richie Boucher
Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher frustrated TDs at the Oireachtas Finance Committee today
# Mortgage Arrears Crisis
# Mortgage Arrears Crisis
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.
# richie-boucher - Tuesday 3 September, 2013
# Richie Boucher
# Richie Boucher
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.
# richie-boucher - Thursday 29 August, 2013
# Summer Is Over
# Summer Is Over
TDs and Senators on the Oireachtas Finance Committee will grill the heads of the main Irish banks next week.
# richie-boucher - Friday 2 August, 2013
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
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.
# richie-boucher - Saturday 27 April, 2013
# You Told Us
# You Told Us
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?
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
# Bankers' Pay
# Bankers' Pay
The taxpayer’s 15 per cent stake in the bank won’t be used to try and stop shareholders approving Richie Boucher ’s pay.
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
Bank of Ireland’s annual report reveals a minor pay increase for Richie Boucher , despite pre-tax losses of €2.17 billion.
# The 9 At 9
# The 9 At 9
Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# richie-boucher - Monday 4 March, 2013
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
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.”
# richie-boucher - Saturday 3 November, 2012
# Not The News
From The Daily Edge
# Not The News
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.
# richie-boucher - Monday 18 June, 2012
# Promissory Note
# Promissory Note
Shareholders at the bank voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal that was first announced by the Finance Minister in March.
# richie-boucher - Friday 16 March, 2012
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
Bank of Ireland’s annual report shows Richie Boucher benefited by €831,000 last year after waiving €67,000 of pay.
# richie-boucher - Tuesday 21 February, 2012
# Insolvency
# Insolvency
The remarks come after chief executive Richie Boucher was quoted as saying new insolvency legislation could lead to increases.
# richie-boucher - Monday 20 February, 2012
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
Preliminary results for 2011 show that losses before tax fell to €190m, compared to €950m in the previous twelve months.
# richie-boucher - Friday 12 August, 2011
# Interest Rates
# Interest Rates
The standard variable mortgage rate is going up, as are rates on personal credit cards and personal variable loans.
# richie-boucher - Wednesday 10 August, 2011
# Mortgages
# Mortgages
Richie Boucher says his bank can’t keep absorbing ECB hikes – and that it’ll have to pass on any future increases.
# Bad Loans
# Bad Loans
So far in 2011, Ireland’s only domestic lender outside State control has almost halved its pre-tax losses.
# richie-boucher - Thursday 14 April, 2011
# Bank Of Ireland
# Bank Of Ireland
Reacting to the losses chief executive Richie Boucher appeared to indicate he is not in favour of debt forgiveness for struggling mortgage holders.
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
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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