Central Bank of Ireland
Irish central bank appoints director of economics
Central Bank of Ireland hires chief economist from Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority
Central Bank of Ireland announces joint fellowship with Bruegel
Irish central bank announces joint fellowship with think-tank Bruegel; experienced candidates sought for research project
Central Bank of Ireland reveals enforcement priorities
Irish central bank tells financial service providers what it will focus on in terms of enforcement actions in 2011; warns reactive enforcement will also occur outside of set priorities
Central banks find novel uses for old banknotes
Central Bank of Ireland makes old notes into artwork; National Bank of Hungary offers the decommissioned banknotes to charities to burn for heating purposes
ECB approves collateral eligibility criteria of seven Eurosystem central banks
European Central Bank leaves interest rates unchanged but confirms plans to relax collateral criteria for credit claims at seven Eurosystem central banks, including Banque de France
Central Bank of Ireland searching for new headquarters, says Honohan
Central Bank of Ireland governor Patrick Honohan says central bank is looking to move from headquarters at Dame Street tower, but expects to retain building despite unwelcome presence of protesters
Ireland overhauls market abuse oversight rules
Markets supervision directorate at the Central Bank of Ireland will now monitor and investigate market abuses instead of Irish Stock Exchange; ends arrangement in place since 2005
Commemorative euro coin launched
Eurozone countries issue new €2 coin to commemorate 10 years of the currency; few central banks announce the move
Ireland’s Gerlach optimistic about fiscal adjustments
Central Bank of Ireland deputy governor Stefan Gerlach says progress towards completing Ireland’s fiscal adjustment programme has gone better than expected
Ireland launches new supervisory framework
Central Bank of Ireland says Prism model will better equip it to identify and deal with threats to banking sector in a timely manner; concerns remain over flexibility of framework
Ireland releases agreement on split of banking oversight responsibilities
Previously confidential memorandum of understanding between department of finance and central bank shows split of responsibilities; document forms part of bail-out programme
Ireland introduces revised requirements for lenders dealing with SMEs
Ireland changes rules for banks lending to small and medium-sized enterprises when they are facing financial difficulties; new code updates 2009 effort
Ireland unveils fitness and probity regime
Central bank releases regulations and standards concerning appointment of staff in financial services industry
Ireland’s Honohan on risks of increased globalisation
Central Bank of Ireland governor Patrick Honohan says greater globalisation boosted Ireland’s economy but also left it open to debt vulnerabilities
Elderfield sets out the future of Irish banking
Deputy governor lays out plans to strengthen and restructure banks, improve governance and supervision and manage credit risk
Ireland copies UK in new central bank law
Central bank can now order financial services providers to have an independent expert prepare a report on any regulatory matter; similar to UK provision
Ireland appoints new deputy governor
Central Bank of Ireland makes Stefan Gerlach new deputy governor
Ireland clears way for greater central bank power
New Bill allows central bank to step in when banks are “failing or likely to fail”; will be able to shift assets to other institutions or replace management at a troubled bank
Elderfield details Ireland's new risk assessment model
Matthew Elderfield, head of financial regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland, reveals details of new ‘Prism’ risk assessment model
Ireland’s central bank failed to alert regulators to mounting crisis: banking report
Ireland’s Commission of Investigation into banking crisis says Central Bank of Ireland missed opportunities to alert regulators to impending risks in banking sector
Ireland’s Elderfield: we’ll not haircut senior debt
Matthew Elderfield, Ireland’s head regulator, assures senior bondholders in four banks they will not face “action”
Ireland announces stress test results
Central Bank of Ireland reveals €24 billion gap in funding for the country’s banks
Ireland’s chief regulator gets tough on corporate governance
Chief regulator Matthew Elderfield says poor governance exacerbated by cosy nature of corporate life in Ireland
Draft Irish law sketches resolution fund, living wills
Draft legislation from Irish government sets out rules on resolution fund that all banks must pay into, living wills; law includes strict penalties for failure