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Everyone’s talking about the abortion legislation passing the Seanad, Magdalene laundries, and Katy French’s inquest.
The bank has announced a €25 annual fee for certain customers.
A group of protesters forced the cancellation of the distressed property sale at Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel, after gaining access to the auction room.
Workers described the announcement as a “bolt from the blue” but the bank has insisted there will be no new job losses.
Ulster Bank is awaiting the outcome of an appeal on a US court ruling before it can serve the property developer in Ireland.
George Osborne told bankers last night that a review is to be carried out into breaking up Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank’s parent company.
A report by a parliamentary commission on banking in the UK has recommended widespread reform to the sector.
KBC Bank is now actively seeking candidates for 90 per cent loans, but did you know other lenders are making similar offers?
The Times reports that the UK’s £45 billion bailout of Ulster Bank’s parent Royal Bank of Scotland five years ago amounts to an ‘injection into the Republic’.
A court ruling in the US is a blow to the former property developer who owes millions to Ulster Bank.
The BBC says the Treasury will give up ownership of Ulster Bank in exchange for the British loans currently held by NAMA.
The bankruptcy filing also reveals that he has an average monthly income of €17,000 per month.
The British-owned bank continued to post an operating profit – but saw its gains worn away as it wrote off €285m of debts.
Ulster Bank will charge €4 a month for current accounts from July – unless customers keep minimum balances or lodge certain amounts.
The former property devleoper filed for bankruptcy at a Connecticut court on Friday, citing assets of between $1 – 10 million and debts in the region of $500 million – $1 billion.
Banks need strict supervision – they have crippled us and can’t be allowed run free, writes David Hall.
The weakest fall in activity was seen on housing projects and commercial and civil engineering each saw a slightly quicker reduction in activity.
The bank has apologised to customers impacted by a glitch that also affected RBS and NatWest in the UK.
The bank took to Twitter to apologise after customers reported they could not access their accounts using ATMs.
Royal Bank of Scotland, which is majority owned by the British government, took a £5 billion charge for loan impairments last year.
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Mortgage customers at the bank were under-charged in recent years resulting in the shortfall that will now need to be repaid by these customers. The bank has apologised.
The Sunday Telegraph says a quarter of the British taxpayer’s bailouts of RBS and Lloyds has gone to Ireland.
The bank looks set to close 20 branches across the island of Ireland in the coming weeks.
Jobs were also being cut at a sharper pace during the month, in line with reduced workloads, according to the latest Ulster Bank Construction PMI.
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This is the first time a bank has been fined by the Central Bank for breaking capital requirements.
Index from Ulster Bank shows that the rate of decline has slowed – but is still heading downwards.
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The company said that the operational costs reached €103m, including redress for 750,000 customers which cost €52m.
The robbery, which took place at 3.20pm, led to what Gardai are describing as an insignificant amount of money being taken. Some of the cash has since been recovered.
The Giving Scheme was launched across Ireland and Northern Ireland yesterday.
A seventh institution asked not to be named by the regulator.
The former Munster back-row will offer his insight at the ‘Friday Night Lights’ opener between Young Munster and Shannon.
3,700 people lodged complaints with Bill Prasifka’s office in the first half of 2012 – a 5 per cent increase in last year.
The Financial Services Authority is to conduct an investigation into the systems failure at the Royal Bank of Scotland.