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insolvency

# insolvency - Today’s News

From TheJournal.ie Insolvency

Insolvent borrowers ‘will be named and shamed’ online in new system

Fianna Fáil says the public register of people in insolvency procedures could shame people away from participating.

# insolvency - Yesterday’s News

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Game, Set and Match to the Banks

The extent to which banks are running Ireland and Europe is clearly shown by the recently published Insolvency Guidelines and Rules, writes Dave Hughes.

# insolvency - Thursday 25 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Pensions

EU’s top court says Ireland must pay Waterford Crystal pensions

Ten workers win a major case at the European Court of Justice, which says Ireland is responsible for stepping in.

# insolvency - Saturday 20 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Prime Numbers

Boston, borrowing and giant snails: The week in numbers

Plus – find out why a French cabinet minister will be writing a cheque to Phil Hogan…

From The Daily Edge Not The News

Here is the week in news… skewed

Breaking via The Mire wire: making it easier for everyone to be insolvent; Alan Shatter’s beliebers; Quinnsolvency and waking up the Troika in the middle of the night…

# insolvency - Thursday 18 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know

The Evening Fix…now with added baby penguins

Things we learned, loved and shared today…

From TheJournal.ie Personal Insolvency

New insolvency guidelines protect banks at borrowers’ expense – opposition

Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin have both queried the amount of power left in the hands of the banks in the insolvency regime which was unveiled today.

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

The 5 at 5: Thursday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

From TheJournal.ie Insolvency

Struggling borrowers may have to move house, sell car and change creche to enter new insolvency process

The new guidelines do NOT, however, require one parent to give up work if their childcare costs more than they earn.

From TheJournal.ie Debt

PIC: How much a single person can spend under the new insolvency rules

The Insolvency Service of Ireland has published its guidelines for spending limits to qualify for the new procedures.

# insolvency - Sunday 24 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Mortgage Arrears

Bruton: No ‘global strategy’ for telling homes how to make deals with banks

Not everyone will be told to quit premium TV or private health insurance – but families will need to make sacrifices.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Sunday

Good morning! Here are the nine things you need to know as you kick off your Sunday.

# insolvency - Wednesday 13 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Government needs to impose proper rules and regulations on lenders

Comments by the Central Bank Governor and the Taoiseach reveal unhappiness over how lenders are dealing with their customers’ over-indebtedness – so why is nothing concrete being done to regulate them, asks Noeline Blackwell.

# insolvency - Wednesday 16 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Insolvency

Central Bank governor believes there will be ‘permanent loan modifications’

Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan was before the Oireachtas Finance committee this afternoon.

# insolvency - Tuesday 15 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Insolvency

New guide published on insolvency in Ireland

It goes through the various new options available through the new Personal Insolvency Bill to someone who is experiencing financial difficulties.

# insolvency - Friday 11 January, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Euroleaks

New insolvency regime may not help troubled mortgage holders – Troika Exclusive

The Troika has raised concerns about the effectiveness of the new personal insolvency law that is aimed at helping the country’s many distressed mortgage holders.

# insolvency - Saturday 22 December, 2012

Over 13,000 new companies set up in 2012

It was a bad year for businesses set up in 2008 though as one third of them failed.

# insolvency - Thursday 20 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Public Interest

PTSB hits back after Shatter’s criticism of ‘out of touch’ MacSharry

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”.

From TheJournal.ie Bankruptcy

Insolvency service on the way as Dáil passes legislation

The long-awaited Personal Insolvency Bill, which will allow some write-down of debts, will be signed into law next week.

# insolvency - Sunday 16 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Insolvency

Specialist judges to ‘speedily’ deal with insolvency applications

Minister Shatter said that this is due to the new work for the courts as a result of the Personal Insolvency Bill.

# insolvency - Saturday 8 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Debt

Shatter welcomes AIB comments on mortgage write-offs

The Justice Minister has said that the personal insolvency bill will be enacted through both Oireachtas houses by 20 December and will become operative next year.

# insolvency - Saturday 1 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know

The Evening Fix… now with added moustache murder

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.

Tallest building in Ireland taken over by administrators

The three companies which control the building applied for insolvency and administrators from KPMG have now been appointed.

# insolvency - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

Department of Finance head: Debt should be written off for those who really can’t pay

John Moran tells the Irish Bankers’ Federation that merely not calling in debts won’t cut it – they need to be removed totally.

# insolvency - Sunday 16 September, 2012

Deloitte director Lorcan O’Connor to head Ireland’s insolvency service

Justice and Equality Minister Alan Shatter announced the appointment this afternoon.

# insolvency - Friday 14 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Bazooka

Shatter rules out exempting jewellery from new insolvency law

The justice minister told the Oireachtas justice committee that “diamond bazooka” engagement rings could not be excluded.

# insolvency - Friday 31 August, 2012

Six companies collapsed each day this month

Figures show there was in increase in the number of start-ups this year but the net loss was still 480 businesses.

# insolvency - Tuesday 31 July, 2012

Five companies went bust each day of July, says Vision-net

Half of those stress-tested by the credit and risk analyst also showed signs of being on the brink of failure.

# insolvency - Thursday 19 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Insolvency

No opposition to Personal Insolvency Bill during Dáil debate

The bill includes measures to help mortage holders out of debt, with one TD saying it “has the potential to help families sleep easier at night”.

# insolvency - Friday 6 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should debtors have to sell their personal jewellery to get relief?

Alan Shatter has said debtors may have to sell off sentimental items such as engagement rings, if they are valuable. So what do you think?

From TheJournal.ie Debt Relief

Debtors should sell their personal jewellery to get relief, says Shatter

The Minister for Justice said jewellery including engagement rings should be sold off if people want debt relief.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9 This post contains videos

The 9 at 9: Friday

Nine things to know this morning…

# insolvency - Saturday 30 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Will the Personal Insolvency Bill help people struggling with debts?

Proposed legislation to reform Ireland’s bankruptcy regime were unveiled this week. Do you think they’ll help?

# insolvency - Friday 29 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know

The Evening Fix: Friday

Things we learned, loved and shared today.

From TheJournal.ie Insolvency

Shatter publishes long-awaited plans to reform insolvency law

The new regime reforms our bankruptcy laws, and aims to help the likes of struggling mortgage holders out of debt.

# insolvency - Wednesday 27 June, 2012

Government calls banks in over mortgage arrears

The bank CEOs were briefed on personal insolvency legislation, details of which have not been released to the public.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

Nine things you need to know this morning…

# insolvency - Friday 16 March, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: It’s not enough to help people in debt. We must look at the big picture

New legislation will help safeguard people struggling with debt – but they deserve to have their homes protected too, writes Noeleen Blackwell.

# insolvency - Tuesday 21 February, 2012

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.

# insolvency - Tuesday 3 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9 This post contains videos

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

Nine things you need to know this morning…

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