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Special investigation: How a vulture fund sliced and diced 3,400 Irish mortgages for the global bond markets

January 14, 2022 4:57 am Published by Thomas Hubert

Late in the afternoon on Budget Day, October 8, 2019, Ulster Bank announced that it had found a buyer for... View Article

January 13, 2022 5:58 am Published by Sean Keyes

In 2015 and 2016, when the market for development sites was a lot quieter than today, Cairn was one of... View Article

January 13, 2022 4:50 am Published by Tom Lyons

It is the day after New Year when David Coallier messages me asking if I’m around to meet up when... View Article

January 12, 2022 5:11 am Published by Rosaleen McMeel

Growing up in Carndonagh, Co Donegal, a young Stephen McLaughlin regularly walked the Circular Road dreaming of finding love, living... View Article

January 12, 2022 4:32 am Published by Ian Kehoe

In 2017, Jack Collen joined the family business as an engineer. In isolation, it was not a remarkable event. After... View Article

January 12, 2022 4:13 am Published by Ian Kehoe

To the outside world, John Ryan’s future seemed mapped out ahead of him. He had completed his finance degree in... View Article

January 11, 2022 5:30 am Published by Ronan Lyons

What lessons should Ireland take from its early-2000s bubble and crash? Having gone through, by any reasonable metric, one of... View Article

January 11, 2022 5:02 am Published by Thomas Hubert

The deal was billed as a match made in heaven as well as in the frozen veg aisle. One month... View Article

January 10, 2022 6:16 pm Published by Tom Lyons

Irish founded employee engagement platform Wrkit has been sold to British peer company Benefex. The deal was announced to its... View Article

January 10, 2022 5:14 am Published by Sean Keyes

Why is Lloyd’s of London still going strong after 334 years? Lloyd’s is durable because it’s a marketplace, and marketplaces... View Article