AIB to cut mortgage rates
AIB is cutting its fixed rate mortgages by up to 0.45 per cent. Customers will also have the option to set their repayments for a decade under plans to introduce a 10 year fixed rate. The move has surprised the industry as experts had predicted an end to mortgage rate…
The government has sold 35% of it’s share in AIB
The Government has sold 25% of it’s share in AIB in it’s Initial Public Offering. The bank began sharing on the Dublin and London stock exchange at a value of €4.40 at 8am this morning and rose to 7.7% at one point. It has generated over €2.8 billion. The Government…
Doherty predicts AIB sale will lead to home repossessions, sales to vulture funds
A Donegal TD is claiming Allied Irish Bank will soon start repossessing homes that are in mortgage arrears to sell them onto vulture funds. Deputy Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein spokesman on finance, says this will be one of the results of AIB shares being being sold off. It follows Finance…
25 new jobs confirmed at new Lidl store in Sligo Town
A new Lidl store at Finisklin road in Sligo is to create up to 25 permanent new jobs in the town and more during the building phase. Planning permission for the new store, based just off the inner relief road in Sligo town, was granted by Sligo county council this…
Calry/St Joseph’s All-Ireland semi-final to take place in Tullamore
Calry/St Joseph’s All-Ireland Junior Club Hurling Championship semi-final will take place in O’Connor Park, Tullamore. The fixture against Munster champions Mayfield from Cork was confirmed by the GAA on Friday and will take place on Sunday, January 29, with a 12.30pm throw-in. It will be part of a double-header at…