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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government won’t use Bank of Ireland stake to oppose Boucher’s €843k salary]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/richie-boucher-pay-approved-882543-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The taxpayer’s 15 per cent stake in the bank won’t be used to try and stop shareholders approving Richie Boucher’s pay.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers' Pay" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Brian Hayes" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Richie Boucher" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Ulster Bank drops free banking with €4 monthly charge for current accounts]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ulster-bank-current-account-charges-879467-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ulster-bank-current-account-charges-879467-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ulster Bank will charge €4 a month for current accounts from July – unless customers keep minimum balances or lodge certain amounts.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank Charges" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Permanent TSB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="RBS" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ulster Bank" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Call for BOI to introduce bank accounts with An Post ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/an-post-bank-of-ireland-869406-Apr2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/an-post-bank-of-ireland-869406-Apr2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[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. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Finances" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Post Office" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Savings" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="UK" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[After four years and €64.1 billion, bank guarantee is finally scrapped]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-guarantee-officially-ends-850021-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-guarantee-officially-ends-850021-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Ireland will still guarantee bonds issued by banks since 2010, but will no longer guarantee new bonds or high-level deposits.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo Irish Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank Guarantee" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking Collapse" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Brian Cowen" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Brian Lenihan" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Life &amp; Permanent" />
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
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<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland CEO received total pay of €843,000 last year]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/richie-boucher-pay-2012-838056-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland’s annual report reveals a minor pay increase for Richie Boucher, despite pre-tax losses of €2.17 billion.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Richie Boucher" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Key meeting in Brussels to discuss whether AIB, BoI costs can be recouped]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/talks-esm-retroactive-irish-banks-818370-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/talks-esm-retroactive-irish-banks-818370-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Eurozone finance ministers will today discuss the key question of whether the Euro’s bailout fund will chip in to Ireland’s costs.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Stability Mechanism" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland loses €2.1 billion in 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-2012-losses-richie-boucher-817817-Mar2013/" ></link>
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<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-2012-losses-richie-boucher-817817-Mar2013/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[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.”]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank Guarantee" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Home Repossessions" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Richie Boucher" />
<author><name>Paul Hyland</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/paul-hyland/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland Public Interest Directors paid over half a million since appointment ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-public-interest-directors-paid-over-half-a-million-since-appointment-724449-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1decb62f-c098-78ed-7512-4478daddd2e7</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-public-interest-directors-paid-over-half-a-million-since-appointment-724449-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Joe Walsh and Tom Considine were questioned about salaries, bonuses and credit card interest hikes at the Bank of Ireland.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="joint committee on finance public expenditure and reform" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Public Interest Directors" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank directors to be asked if AIB and BOI are acting in public interest]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-aib-public-interest-directors-724100-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7a4462d5-bde0-588c-c8a3-4baf2e66c4bc</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-aib-public-interest-directors-724100-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[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. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ciarán Lynch" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dick Spring" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Finance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Government" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Joe Walsh" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Leinster House" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Somers" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Oireachtas Committee" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="public interest" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="tom considine" />
<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland increases credit card interest by up to 4 per cent]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-credit-card-rates-722219-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d82e56a7-d59b-0025-4667-d5f54d47e63f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-credit-card-rates-722219-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The rate increases, which had been advertised in October, kicked in yesterday – only a week before Christmas.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Cards" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Interest Rates" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Personal Finance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Spending" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland raises €250 million in sale of subordinated debt ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-debt-713527-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:4ca53bc5-dd29-fe07-9537-1faf9859977c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-debt-713527-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The beleaguered bank has ventured back into the fundraising markets. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bonds" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fundraising" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="investors" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Markets" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Owen Callan" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[EU approves six-month extension of Ireland’s bank guarantee]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eu-approves-bank-guarantee-extension-712157-Dec2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:24b0ea66-ffca-7a01-b5af-32c37f5ef71d</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/eu-approves-bank-guarantee-extension-712157-Dec2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The approval is seen as routine and may be the last extension, with the possibility of a withdrawal early next year.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Allied Irish Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo Irish Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bailout" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank Guarantee" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EBS" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EBS Building Society" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Commission" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Nationwide" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Nationwide Building Society" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Olli Rehn" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Troika" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bankers’ pay: 1,262 staff at AIB earning six-figure packages]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/bankers-pay-1262-staff-at-aib-earning-six-figure-packages-676450-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7f5e97df-fc6a-4e05-cc81-384698d9938b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/bankers-pay-1262-staff-at-aib-earning-six-figure-packages-676450-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Sinn Féin says Michael Noonan is ‘feigning outrage’ at bankers pay, but doing little to encourage staff to take pay cuts.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers' Pay" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dáil Éireann" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Pearse Doherty" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Sinn Féin" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[24 staff at Bank of Ireland earning over €400k a year]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/24-staff-at-bank-of-ireland-earning-over-e400k-a-year-676248-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:44e01c44-eda0-7c02-1ccb-bd6cc3978181</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/24-staff-at-bank-of-ireland-earning-over-e400k-a-year-676248-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Michael Noonan says he “shares the outrage of the public” on bankers pay, but there are “legal constraints” in tackling it.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers' Pay" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Pádraig Mac Lochlainn" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Pearse Doherty" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland becomes first bank to borrow without State support]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-bond-auction-674238-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5b0ddc11-f497-11eb-7356-11c63dca3bb5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-bond-auction-674238-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The bank has become the first bailed-out lender to raise money on the open markets, raising €1 billion in a bond auction.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="State Guarantee" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland: 120 homes repossessed or surrendered in first half of 2012]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-oireachtas-committee-657244-Nov2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:06abfb0d-673e-3267-7cf5-db78b05e1832</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-oireachtas-committee-657244-Nov2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Meanwhile, it emerged that 16,000 BOI customers have had their mortgage restructured, with 86 per cent of people fully complying with payment.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CEO" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Committee" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Salary" />
<author><name>Aoife Barry</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/aoife-barry/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[1,700 bankers in state covered banks paid over €100,000]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/1700-bankers-paid-over-100000-ireland-640721-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:06bc214d-baf1-ee1d-969b-a73082b53995</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/1700-bankers-paid-over-100000-ireland-640721-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[861 in AIB, 61 in Permanent TSB, 143 in IBRC and 644 in Bank of Ireland paid over €100,000. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo Irish Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bankers' Pay" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fine Gael" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ibrc" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael McGrath" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<author><name>Jody Clarke</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jody-clarke/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[NAMA reports €222 million profit for half-year]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/nama-reports-e222-million-profit-for-half-year-637811-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7f75c019-211e-9bce-4011-f14661d7a55f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/nama-reports-e222-million-profit-for-half-year-637811-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The agency believes its staff levels will rise over the coming months. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bad Debt" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Impaired Loans" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="NAMA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="National Asset Management Agency" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Staff" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Van Rompuy: Ireland could get deal on bank debts before new watchdog]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-debt-deal-van-rompuy-632875-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:45df6a08-6f38-9cc9-0619-40f42e0a3efe</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-debt-deal-van-rompuy-632875-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/ireland-bank-debt-deal-van-rompuy-632875-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The President of the European Council says the European banking supervisor doesn’t need to be finalised for the ESM to invest in banks.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s3.jrnl.ie/media/2012/10/herman-van-rompuy-esm-investment-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Debt Crisis" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Herman Van Rompuy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stress Tests" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Banks repay €3.3 billion in fees from State guarantee schemes]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/government-fees-bank-guarantee-626980-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5627ddb1-0cb6-44fe-d29c-cce319b34c21</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/government-fees-bank-guarantee-626980-Oct2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/government-fees-bank-guarantee-626980-Oct2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[New figures show the seven banks covered by the State’s guarantees have returned €3.36 billion so far.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Allied Irish Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Anglo Irish Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank Guarantee" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank recapitlisation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking Sector" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EBS Building Society" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Extended Liabilities Guarantee" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Life &amp; Permanent" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Nationwide" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Postbank" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Central Bank names six banks which missold PPI to ineligible customers]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/central-bank-names-six-banks-which-missold-ppi-to-ineligible-customers-626620-Oct2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:f65d47d8-6ce0-3297-13d7-331cc0d85557</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/central-bank-names-six-banks-which-missold-ppi-to-ineligible-customers-626620-Oct2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[A seventh institution asked not to be named by the regulator. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Institutions" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EBS" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Finance" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Insurance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Payment protection insurance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Permanent TSB" />
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<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland raises mortgage interest rates by 0.5pc]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-mortgage-hike-608902-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b4d5e677-70d3-8bc2-fd23-ac40ee78bb4c</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-mortgage-hike-608902-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Mortgage holders have been written to in the last days informing them of an increase in rates from late next month.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Fianna Fáil" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael McGrath" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="mortgage interest" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgages" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Peadar Tóibín" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Sinn Féin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="tracker mortgages" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland criticised over changes to account charges ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-transaction-fees-608341-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:cb3fdfd4-52e3-17ce-8b5f-b6985e066216</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-transaction-fees-608341-Sep2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-transaction-fees-608341-Sep2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Most customers will only be able to avail of free banking if they have €3,000 in their account permanently. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Current Account" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Karen O'Leary" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Minimum amount" />
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[One in 5 mortgages will default by 2013]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/mortgage-defaults-rising-ireland-602021-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:03c4effc-7de2-04a2-e849-ec8eb8602a8f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/mortgage-defaults-rising-ireland-602021-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[County by county survey shows that there are still “substantial losses to be realised on irish residential mortgage loans”. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="irish property crash" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Moody's" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgage Arrears" />
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<author><name>Jody Clarke</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jody-clarke/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[One in three people who apply for mortgages are turned down]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/mortgage-applications-turned-down-rejected-ireland-593673-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:79f1b070-811c-f99f-a220-2a122f63f0d6</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/mortgage-applications-turned-down-rejected-ireland-593673-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Figures revealed for the first time show that 38 per cent of mortgage applications were rejected last year. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Application" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Lending" />
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<author><name>Christine Bohan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/christine-bohan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Infographic: How much have the Irish put into their banks?]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/infographic-irish-banking-costs-583961-Sep2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:7da7d429-cdaf-a7d8-ee58-3eeceb478f0e</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/infographic-irish-banking-costs-583961-Sep2012/#comments</link>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[As this image reveals, quite a bit. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank Recapitalisation" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Nationwide" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Nationwide Building Society" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Permanent TSB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Stephen Donnelly" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland says it’s ‘concerned’ that SMEs believe banks are not lending ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-lending-rates-sme-568774-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:e6206a0f-9efc-8be0-22ae-386673ada765</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-lending-rates-sme-568774-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-lending-rates-sme-568774-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The bank is reacting to the findings of Central Bank research which shows that Ireland has one of the highest rejection rate for SME loans. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Businesses" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Greece" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="IBF" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Lending" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Loan rejection" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Loans" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="SME" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="SME lending" />
<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/emer-mclysaght/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[45 per cent of parents have made no provision for their children’s education]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/45-per-cent-of-parents-have-made-no-provision-for-their-childrens-education-564977-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:028128fd-cadf-7ea5-8bc6-5e3429405454</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/45-per-cent-of-parents-have-made-no-provision-for-their-childrens-education-564977-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/45-per-cent-of-parents-have-made-no-provision-for-their-childrens-education-564977-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Over two thirds of parents believe they will have to borrow their children’s third level education. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Borrowing" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Education" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Finance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="household finance" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Money" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="parents" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="School" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="schooldays.ie" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Schooling" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Third Level" />
<author><name>Jennifer Wade</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/jennifer-wade/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[GALLERY: The 15 most valuable companies on the Irish Stock Exchange]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/most-valuable-companies-in-ireland-564062-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:a3fee187-d575-b1bb-0d27-34e75b86caf5</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/most-valuable-companies-in-ireland-564062-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/most-valuable-companies-in-ireland-564062-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[There’s been some speculation about some firms delisting from Dublin. Here are the 15 biggest ones trading here.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Aryzta AG" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Big Money" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="CRH" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="DCC" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Diageo" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dragon Oil" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Elan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Glanbia" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Kerry Group" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Paddy Power" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Ryanair" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tesco" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Tullow Oil" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland reports half-year loss of €1.25 billion]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-half-year-loan-loss-552997-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:26e518a1-f99d-615a-6581-67bd04416f4b</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-half-year-loan-loss-552997-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-half-year-loan-loss-552997-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank CEO says H1 2012 has been a difficult environment to operate in, given ongoing eurozone difficulties and challenges to the Irish economy.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Arrears" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="BOI" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Borrowing" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Corporate" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Funding" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="H1" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="loan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Losses" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgage" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Results" />
<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Second report predicts 1 per cent growth in Ireland’s economy]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-economic-forecast-542637-Aug2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:ae86429b-1230-360a-d17d-573c41860b3f</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-economic-forecast-542637-Aug2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-economic-forecast-542637-Aug2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Two days after a similar IBEC projection, now Bank of Ireland believes the Irish economy will grow by 1 per cent this year.]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s2.jrnl.ie/media/2012/08/ireland-earns-bank-of-ireland-4-230x150.jpg" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dan McLaughlin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Domestic demand" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Economic Growth" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Euro" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Eurozone" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Growth forecasts" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Economy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Silver lining" />
<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/gavan-reilly/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Poll: Do you use online banking? ]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-use-online-banking-522424-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:d574f898-1d03-f329-062a-198a3d92d757</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-use-online-banking-522424-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-use-online-banking-522424-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[With as many as one-in-four bank branches set to close, we’re asking you if you use online banking or still prefer to visit your local branch. ]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s1.jrnl.ie/media/2012/07/PA-2069289-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking 365" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="EBS" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Internet banking" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Online banking" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Permanent TSB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Poll" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Your Say" />
<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/hugh-o'connell/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Passing ECB cut on to customers a ‘commercial decision for each bank’ – Dept of Finance]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/passing-ecb-cut-on-to-customers-a-commercial-decision-for-each-bank-dept-of-finance-511066-Jul2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:b8965994-891f-1ef2-d989-ae45a9ad8d56</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/passing-ecb-cut-on-to-customers-a-commercial-decision-for-each-bank-dept-of-finance-511066-Jul2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/passing-ecb-cut-on-to-customers-a-commercial-decision-for-each-bank-dept-of-finance-511066-Jul2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Tracker mortgage customers will see their rate adjusted as per the ECB change – but what about other mortgage holders? ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Allied Irish Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Borrowing" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ECB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="European Central Bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Interest Rates" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Key rate" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Lending" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgages" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="PTSB" />
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<author><name>Susan Ryan</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/susan-ryan/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Government calls banks in over mortgage arrears]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/banks-mortgage-arrears-insolvency-law-501380-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:00a6bd6e-a602-84b0-9c5b-d0b7ff49cab9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/banks-mortgage-arrears-insolvency-law-501380-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/banks-mortgage-arrears-insolvency-law-501380-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The bank CEOs were briefed on personal insolvency legislation, details of which have not been released to the public.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="AIB" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="insolvency" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Banks" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgage Arrears" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Mortgages" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Permanent TSB" />
<author><name>Michael Freeman</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/michael-freeman/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[BOI appoints team to engage across Facebook, Twitter and Boards.ie]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/boi-appoints-team-to-engage-across-facebook-twitter-and-boards-ie-495726-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:3dc1fbd1-0b50-8a1b-7fac-92e8ca5c9eb0</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/boi-appoints-team-to-engage-across-facebook-twitter-and-boards-ie-495726-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/boi-appoints-team-to-engage-across-facebook-twitter-and-boards-ie-495726-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Customers can now get answers from Bank of Ireland in new ways…]]></summary>
<link rel="enclosure"  type="image/jpg"  href="http://s0.jrnl.ie/media/2012/06/phonetwit-230x150.jpg" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Boards.ie" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Facebook" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="like" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Social Media" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Twitter" />
<author><name>Emer McLysaght</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/emer-mclysaght/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[US billionaire investor appointed to Bank of Ireland]]></title>
<link href="http://www.thejournal.ie/us-billionaire-investor-appointed-to-bank-of-ireland-493733-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:0714f46d-00b4-efab-f735-37767793e5b9</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://www.thejournal.ie/us-billionaire-investor-appointed-to-bank-of-ireland-493733-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://www.thejournal.ie/us-billionaire-investor-appointed-to-bank-of-ireland-493733-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Wilbur Ross led a group of US investors in €1.1bn deal to buy 35 per cent of the bank last year.]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Banking" />
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish banking crisis" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="lloyds bank" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Pat Molloy" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Wilbur Ross" />
<author><name>Jody Clarke</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland shareholders approve complex promissory note – bond deal ]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-bond-markets-nama-promissory-note-anglo-irish-bank-ibrc-491470-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:5c888048-c9d3-9a58-a7ab-5e6054649516</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-bond-markets-nama-promissory-note-anglo-irish-bank-ibrc-491470-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-bond-markets-nama-promissory-note-anglo-irish-bank-ibrc-491470-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[Shareholders at the bank voted overwhelmingly in favour of the deal that was first announced by the Finance Minister in March. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="BOI" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bond" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Dublin" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ibrc" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Irish Bank Resolution Corporation" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Michael Noonan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="NAMA" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory Note" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Promissory notes" />
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<author><name>Hugh O'Connell</name>
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</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Over half of loan applications refused by bailed-out banks, says ISME]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/isme-sme-loans-bank-survey-bailed-banks-490207-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:1840d4b7-ffa3-4c23-b2d8-cf5ee58cd384</id>
<link rel="replies"  type="text/html" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/isme-sme-loans-bank-survey-bailed-banks-490207-Jun2012/#comments</link>
<link rel="replies"  type="application/atom+xml" >http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/isme-sme-loans-bank-survey-bailed-banks-490207-Jun2012/feed/</link>
<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The quarterly bank survey has prompted an angry response from the SME sector. ]]></summary>
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<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Bank of Ireland" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Credit Applications" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="ISME" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="John Trethowan" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Lending" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Recession" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Small Business" />
<category scheme="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie"  term="Small Firms" />
<author><name>Sinead O'Carroll</name>
<url>http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/author/sinead-o'carroll/</url>
</author>
</entry>
<entry>
<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Bank of Ireland sells UK project finance arm]]></title>
<link href="http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/bank-of-ireland-sells-uk-project-finance-arm-485533-Jun2012/" ></link>
<id>urn:uuid:999eeb0a-9428-cf42-e705-90f473a5531c</id>
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<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[The €200m sale will not lead to job losses.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Jody Clarke</name>
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<title type="html" ><![CDATA[Credit Reviewer says banks need to show more ‘risk-taking’ in lending]]></title>
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<updated>2013-05-23T01:33:01+01:00</updated>
<summary type="html" ><![CDATA[John Trethowan’s eighty quarterly review criticises banks for not being adventurous enough in lending to businesses.]]></summary>
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<author><name>Gavan Reilly</name>
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