Bank of Ireland
Bank of Ireland is the second largest bank in Ireland today. It provides a range of personal and business banking services. Following the collapse of the value of the bank's shares, the government announced a €7 billion rescue package for BOI and Allied Irish Banks on 12 February 2009.
# bank-of-ireland - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Pennies, Penneys and a giant Martian penis: The week in numbers
How much does it actually cost to manufacture a 1c coin? And is it worth it?
# bank-of-ireland - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
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.
# bank-of-ireland - Monday 22 April, 2013
Ulster Bank drops free banking with €4 monthly charge for current accounts
Ulster Bank will charge €4 a month for current accounts from July – unless customers keep minimum balances or lodge certain amounts.
# bank-of-ireland - Sunday 14 April, 2013
Call for BOI to introduce bank accounts with An Post
The Irish Postmasters’ Union has called on the Bank of Ireland to roll out bank accounts with An Post in line with a recent UK decision.
# bank-of-ireland - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Did Bank of Ireland just say ‘Hi Sheepshagger’?
Yes. Yes, they did.
# bank-of-ireland - Friday 29 March, 2013
After four years and €64.1 billion, bank guarantee is finally scrapped
Ireland will still guarantee bonds issued by banks since 2010, but will no longer guarantee new bonds or high-level deposits.
# bank-of-ireland - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
Poll: Does bankers’ pay need to be high to attract the right people?
It was revealed that the CEO of Bank of Ireland Richie Boucher received a total pay packet worth €843,000 last year – despite a €2.1 billion loss at the bank.
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.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 14 March, 2013
Column: New restructuring targets for banks don’t go far enough to help distressed borrowers
Banks need strict supervision – they have crippled us and can’t be allowed run free, writes David Hall.
# bank-of-ireland - Monday 4 March, 2013
Key meeting in Brussels to discuss whether AIB, BoI costs can be recouped
Eurozone finance ministers will today discuss the key question of whether the Euro’s bailout fund will chip in to Ireland’s costs.
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.”
# bank-of-ireland - Sunday 3 February, 2013
Everything you need to know about the promissory notes, but were afraid to ask
You have been and will be hearing a lot about promissory notes in the coming weeks but what’s it all about? We’ve taken your questions, come up with some of our own and asked the experts…
# bank-of-ireland - Friday 28 December, 2012
In last bondholder payment of 2012, BoI pays out nearly €40 million
The only one of Ireland’s main banks not under State control makes the final payment to bondholders today bringing to over €20 billion the amount paid out by it and other banks this year.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 20 December, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Bank of Ireland Public Interest Directors paid over half a million since appointment
Joe Walsh and Tom Considine were questioned about salaries, bonuses and credit card interest hikes at the Bank of Ireland.
Oireachtas agenda: Seven Bills to be wrapped up before Christmas break
Michael D Higgins will be busy over Christmas: no fewer than seven Bills will be wrapped up today and sent for signature.
Bank directors to be asked if AIB and BOI are acting in public interest
Four directors – including former Tánaiste Dick Spring – will be questioned by the Oireachtas Finance Committee on whether the bailed-out banks are acting in the public interest.
# bank-of-ireland - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
Kenny ‘doesn’t like’ Bank of Ireland rate hike – but can’t stop it
Enda Kenny regrets Bank of Ireland’s decision on credit card rates, but says the issue is one for the Financial Regulator.
Bank of Ireland increases credit card interest by up to 4 per cent
The rate increases, which had been advertised in October, kicked in yesterday – only a week before Christmas.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 13 December, 2012
Bank of Ireland raises €250 million in sale of subordinated debt
The beleaguered bank has ventured back into the fundraising markets.
# bank-of-ireland - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
EU approves six-month extension of Ireland’s bank guarantee
The approval is seen as routine and may be the last extension, with the possibility of a withdrawal early next year.
# bank-of-ireland - Friday 23 November, 2012
The 5 at 5: Friday
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock…
Taxi hijacked at gunpoint in College Green bank robbery
Two robbers hailed a taxi after armed raid on city centre Bank of Ireland branch.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 22 November, 2012
Armed robbery at Bank of Ireland on College Green
Two men escaped with an undisclosed sum of money in the raid on Bank of Ireland on College Green in Dublin city centre today.
# bank-of-ireland - Friday 16 November, 2012
Bankers’ pay: 1,262 staff at AIB earning six-figure packages
Sinn Féin says Michael Noonan is ‘feigning outrage’ at bankers pay, but doing little to encourage staff to take pay cuts.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 15 November, 2012
24 staff at Bank of Ireland earning over €400k a year
Michael Noonan says he “shares the outrage of the public” on bankers pay, but there are “legal constraints” in tackling it.
# bank-of-ireland - Wednesday 14 November, 2012
Bank of Ireland becomes first bank to borrow without State support
The bank has become the first bailed-out lender to raise money on the open markets, raising €1 billion in a bond auction.
# bank-of-ireland - Saturday 3 November, 2012
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.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 1 November, 2012
The 5 at 5: Thursday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Bank of Ireland: 120 homes repossessed or surrendered in first half of 2012
Meanwhile, it emerged that 16,000 BOI customers have had their mortgage restructured, with 86 per cent of people fully complying with payment.
# bank-of-ireland - Friday 26 October, 2012
Executives of three guaranteed banks to face Oireachtas committee
Representatives of IBRC, AIB and Bank of Ireland will all appear before the Finance committee next week.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 18 October, 2012
1,700 bankers in state covered banks paid over €100,000
861 in AIB, 61 in Permanent TSB, 143 in IBRC and 644 in Bank of Ireland paid over €100,000.
# bank-of-ireland - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
NAMA reports €222 million profit for half-year
The agency believes its staff levels will rise over the coming months.
# bank-of-ireland - Saturday 13 October, 2012
Here is the week’s news… skewed
Breaking via The Mire wire: Suing for the right to piddle in peace; bank begs people not to pay cash; Enda upstages Rosanna.
# bank-of-ireland - Friday 12 October, 2012
Van Rompuy: Ireland could get deal on bank debts before new watchdog
The President of the European Council says the European banking supervisor doesn’t need to be finalised for the ESM to invest in banks.
# bank-of-ireland - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
Banks repay €3.3 billion in fees from State guarantee schemes
New figures show the seven banks covered by the State’s guarantees have returned €3.36 billion so far.
# bank-of-ireland - Monday 8 October, 2012
Central Bank names six banks which missold PPI to ineligible customers
A seventh institution asked not to be named by the regulator.
# bank-of-ireland - Thursday 4 October, 2012
Column: Why banks have begun picking our pockets (and more is still to come)
We need more straight talking on the status of Irish banking, writes expert Ronan Coburn.
# bank-of-ireland - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
Bank of Ireland raises mortgage interest rates by 0.5pc
Mortgage holders have been written to in the last days informing them of an increase in rates from late next month.






















































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