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IBRC's liquidators said a relatively small number of loans may be sold individually

IBRC liquidators contacting borrowers over loans

The special liquidators of IBRC, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, are writing to borrowers giving them an opportunity to make representations on the process of selling off loans.

Business • 25 Jul 13

Alan Dukes says he was briefed by lawyers on some of the contents of Anglo tapes

Dukes says he was briefed on Anglo tapes

Former Irish Bank Resolution Corporation chairman Alan Dukes has said he was briefed by lawyers on some of the contents of taped conversations between Anglo Irish Bank executives.

News • 07 Jul 13

Zero interest on portion of IBRC split mortgages

IBRC has decided not to charge distressed borrowers interest on the warehoused portion of their home loans in a split mortgage arrangement, RTÉ News has learned.

Business • 18 Jun 13

IBRC's liquidators have until the end of the year to sell the bank's loans

Most IBRC staff to keep jobs until end of year

Most of IBRC's 900 staff are expected to remain working with the bank's liquidator until the end of the year.

Business • 17 May 13

16 Credit Unions invested in an Anglo bond in 2005

Credit Unions to lose €14m in IBRC liquidation

Credit Unions stand to lose nearly €14 million arising from the liquidation of IBRC; formerly Anglo Irish Bank.

Business • 21 Mar 13

NAMA will appoint Capita Asset Services to manage the loans

NAMA announcement on IBRC loans welcomed

The Irish Bank Officials Association has welcomed the confirmation by the National Asset Management Agency that it will take on the assets held by the liquidated IBRC.

Business • 19 Mar 13

It has been announced that IBRC staff are to receive statutory redundancy

IBRC liquidator meets union over redundancy terms

The special liquidator of the former Anglo Irish Bank, Kieran Wallace, has met the Irish Bank Officials' Association to discuss redundancy terms for staff.

News • 11 Mar 13

IBRC has a residential mortgage book worth €1.8bn

Customers still unable to pay IBRC mortgages

Residential mortgage holders with IBRC are still waiting for their mortgages to be taken from their accounts after the special liquidator took over at the beginning of this month.

News • 26 Feb 13

Staff at IBRC told jobs will continue for three more months at least

IBRC staff told jobs safe for next three months

The special liquidator of the IBRC – formerly Anglo Irish Bank - has told employees that their jobs are safe for the next three months.

News • 15 Feb 13

Liquidator Kieran Wallace said staff would be updated on the wind-down in two months

IBRC staff told jobs are safe for three months

The special liquidator of the former Anglo Irish Bank - now Irish Bank Resolution Corporation - has told employees that their jobs are safe for the next three months.

Business • 14 Feb 13

New mortgage arrangements should be in place within a matter of days

IBRC mortgage payments not yet transferred

Residential mortgage holders with IBRC have not had their mortgages taken from their accounts since the Special Liquidator took over last week.

News • 12 Feb 13

IBRC mortgage payments halted by KPMG appointment

Residential mortgage holders with Irish Bank Resolution Corporation have not had mortgage payments taken from their accounts since a special liquidator was appointed to the bank last week.

Business • 12 Feb 13

The Government must pay senior bondholders

Bondholders to get €750m of IBRC liquidation costs

At least €750 million of the estimated €1 billion in "transaction costs" arising from the liquidation of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will be paid to bondholders.

Business • 08 Feb 13

IBOA says treatment of IBRC staff horrendous

The special liquidator to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporatin, Kieran Wallace, has formally informed staff that all contracts of employment with the company are automatically terminated with immediate effect.

Business • 07 Feb 13

Taoiseach Enda Kenny says that the country will not have to repay €3bn a year or to borrow €20bn over the next ten years

Deal reached with ECB over Anglo promissory notes

A deal has been reached with the European Central Bank in relation to the promissory note used to bail out the former Anglo Irish Bank.

News • 13 Feb 13

Michael Noonan (right) said he regretted the abruptness of the way the news was communicated to staff

Action taken to secure IBRC assets - Noonan

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan said the leaking of a plan to liquidate Irish Bank Resolution Corporation as part of a promissory note deal forced the Government to legislate for its winding up.

News • 07 Feb 13

Dukes criticises Varadkar for insulting IBRC

IBRC Chairman Alan Dukes has criticised Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar for "gratuitously insulting" senior management at the bank.

News • 21 Dec 12

Michael Noonan said: 'Because a deal is likely, (the Government) is unlikely to pay'

Anglo promissory notes deal likely - Noonan

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said a deal on the Anglo promissory notes is "likely" before the end of March, when the next €3.1bn instalment falls due.

News • 13 Dec 12

IBRC chair defends appointment

IBRC chairman Alan Dukes wrote to the Minister for Finance Michael Noonan in an attempt to counter media coverage which he said was "damaging and unhelpful" to the bank.

Business • 12 Dec 12

Patrick Honohan confident on bank debt deal

The Central Bank Governor told a German newspaper over the weekend he is confident a deal on Ireland's bank debt is possible.

Business • 11 Dec 12

More big salary levels revealed at Irish Life

New figures reveal that last year a total of 57 employees of state owned Irish Life and Permanent TSB earned salaries in excess of €150,000.

Business • 14 Nov 12

Fianna Fáil accuses Govt of hypocrisy over IBRC

Fianna Fáil has accused the Government of gross hypocrisy on bankers' pay and pensions after it emerged that a new executive at IBRC will begin next week on an overall package of more than €500,000.

News • 12 Nov 12

Government getting advice on how to cut IBRC pay

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore says the Government has appointed consultants to advise on how pay levels at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation could be cut.

News • 08 Nov 12

New IBRC plan to follow Quinn Russian assets

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation has told the Commercial Court it believes a joint venture commercial arrangement with a firm specialising in assets recovery in Russia and Ukraine is its best hope of recovering any assets from the Quinn family's international property group.

Business • 02 Nov 12

Deficits higher in biggest DB pension schemes

Deficits in the biggest defined benefit pension schemes in Ireland rose by €4 billion in the 12 months to September.

Business • 02 Nov 12