Government and consumers need a buyer that can turn Ireland’s third bank into a real competitor for AIB and Bank of Ireland

Deal brings total the State has recovered from bank’s crisis-era bailout to almost €20.2bn – leaving a shortfall of over €600m

The bank has 3,360 staff and 98 branches

Dermot Desmond, John Magnier and JP McManus netted a huge windfall from the sale of their Barchester Healthcare business this week to listed US group Welltower

Goldman Sachs has been hired to manage sale

Fund, which about 8,000 Irish investors back, faced an uptick in redemption requests in the third quarter

Lower average rate on billions of euros of excess deposits stored with ECB a factor

Holders of Ardagh’s senior bonds have backed a major debt restructuring plan

JP McManus, Dermot Desmond and John Magnier to net windfall as US group Welltower confirms acquisition of Barchester nursing homes business

Tycoons set to get lion’s share from sale of UK’s Barchester Healthcare business

With its UK motor finance provision, Bank of Ireland shows it has learned from tracker scandal here

Advisers’ firms seek deals to tap market with more than €550bn in assets to manage

Paul Coulson is preparing to cede control of Ardagh Metal Packaging and its parent, Ardagh Group, in debt restructuring

Figures mark a return to quarterly loan growth

Lender informed staff of its plans in July