Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland News

BANK OF Ireland has said that its lending margins are being squeezed by higher funding costs and interest rates and more intense competition for deposits.

Shareholders will get a chance to question Bank of Ireland bosses today about the running of the company over the past year.

The Bank of Ireland is down over 15% today on a downgrade from Deutsche Securities.

BANK of Ireland , led by Richie Boucher , is thought to be close to selling its Iridian and Guggenheim hedge fund and asset management businesses.

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THE Government last night appointed a taxpayers' representative to a key position in the Bank of Ireland .

Rescue Costs Top Estimates Allied Irish Banks and the Bank of Ireland are down hard after Standard & Poor's cuts the country's sovereign credit rating, citing a higher-than-expected cost of rescuing the banks.

OUSTED Bank of Ireland chief Brian Goggin triggered an option in his contract to receive his full 650,000-a-year pension, despite retiring early.

Analyst Blog Bank of Ireland Misses Ests By: Ann Heffron, CFA June 05, 2009 Comments : 0 Recommended this article IRE Share The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland reported full-year 2009 net earnings before nonrecurring items 397 million, below our estimate due to lower-than-expected net interest income and increased impairment provisions.

Bank of Ireland has announced some changes in its senior management team and its structure.

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Yesteday, The Bank of Ireland announced a stock buy back plan and the stock had closed up over 15%. Today, Deutsche Securities upgraded Bank of Ireland and their stock continues its ascent.

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Bank of Ireland is understood to be focusing on finding an external candidate to replace outgoing governor Richard Burrows, who said yesterday he would be stepping down at the group's annual shareholder meeting in July.

MORE than 12,000 of Bank of Ireland 's mortgage borrowers in this country are now in negative equity.

Michael Somers is refreshingly candid about the potential pitfalls of creating a bad bank to sort out Ireland's financial crisis.

Bank of Ireland's Chairman Richard Burrows is to stand down from his post after the bank's annual shareholder meeting in July.

MINISTER for Finance Brian Lenihan has said the legislation establishing the State's "bad bank", the National Asset Management Agency , must be able to "resist legal challenge". He said the legislation needed to be "robust" and this was why the establishment of Nama was "not something to be rushed into". "We can't have a lawyers' bonanza and that ...

BANK of Ireland governor Richard Burrows will announce his intention to resign from the bank's board within weeks, it was reported yesterday.

Tuesday, May 12 17:11:16 AIB and Irish Life and Permanent are expected to choose internal candidates as CEO in the coming months as a salary cap, state influence and parochial corporate culture deter new blood.