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Central Bank Governor Philip Lane has been frequently cited as a likely candidate for the next available vacancy at the ECB

Austria drops demand for ECB job in boost to Lane

Austria has dropped its plan to propose a new member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board as it does not see a suitable spot amid the impending reshuffle of European positions, Bloomberg reports.

Business • 11 Jan 19

The Central Bank is still getting applications from SMEs who want to set up or extend operations in Ireland due to Brexit

Central Bank still receiving Brexit applications

The Central Bank is still receiving applications from small to medium financial firms looking to set up or extend operations in Ireland as a result of Brexit.

Business • 22 Nov 18

The Central Bank's deputy Governor Sharon Donnery was earlier seen as the favourite for the ECB supervision job

Enria closes gap with Donnery for ECB supervision job

The race to take over the European Central Bank's supervision arm has become a dead heat as southern European countries appear to be lining up behind an Italian candidate, four sources familiar have said.

Business • 05 Nov 18

Central Bank Governor Philip Lane was before the Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform Committee today

Housing supply increasing, will take time to catch up

The Central Bank is seeing evidence of a significant supply response to a damaging scarcity of housing in Ireland but it will take a number of years to catch up, Governor Philip Lane said today.

Business • 05 Oct 18

Earlier this year, Philip Lane was withdrawn from the race to become vice president of the European Central Bank

Lane welcomes flatlining of house prices

Central Bank Governor Philip Lane has welcomed the recent slowdown in the pace of growth in house prices in Ireland, saying the flatlining of the market was "very good news".

Business • 28 Sep 18

Expected tax changes in Budget 2019 may only benefit workers by as little as €5 a week, according to tax expert Brian Keegan

Workers may only get an extra €5 in Budget 2019

The Director of Public Policy and Tax at the Institute of Chartered Accountants has said he expects tax changes in Budget 2019 to benefit workers by as little as €5 a week.

Budget • 06 Sep 18

Central Bank Governor Philip Lane defends sale of mortgage portfolios to vulture funds

Lane urges Government to build up fiscal buffers

The Governor of the Central Bank has warned the Government that it should put financial reserves aside in case of an economic downturn.

Budget • 05 Sep 18

Professor Philip Lane made his comments at the MacGill Summer School today

Lane urges Government to target bigger fiscal surplus

The Central Bank Governor has advised the Government to target more ambitious fiscal surpluses for the next three years to ensure the rapidly growing economy does not tip into an "unsustainable overheating phase".

Business • 27 Jul 18

Central Bank Governor Professor Philip Lane was attendting a central banking conference in Portugal.

ECB needs shock to reverse decision to end bond buys

It would take a sizable economic shock for the European Central Bank to reverse its decision to end bond purchases by the close of the year, Central Bank Governor Philip Lane has said.

Business • 20 Jun 18

Central Bank Governor Philip Lane says there are 'strong fundamentals' behind the country's strong house price growth

Surging home prices to cool off, says bank chief

The country's home market is set to cool down, the Central Bank Governor said today, as a renewed surge in prices stokes concerns about another bust.

Business • 19 Jun 18

The Government's summer statement will set out their budget objectives

Budget 2019 - Tax cuts or protecting the fiscal space?

There might be €600m available for tax cuts in October's budget. But should the Government be cutting tax at all?

Business • 21 May 18

Philip Lane said a combination of factors over the next two to three years could see house prices not just stop rising but starting to fall

House prices could fall over next 2-3 years - Lane

The Governor of the Central Bank has said there is a "material risk" that house prices could go into reverse over the next two or three years.

Business • 10 May 18

Governor Philip Lane said the ongoing economic recovery is expected to continue at Irish, European and global levels in the near term

Central Bank reports financial profit of €2.6bn

The Central Bank is reporting a financial profit of €2.6 billion for 2017, and it will transfer surplus income of around €2.1 billion to the Exchequer.

Business • 09 May 18

Michael McGrath said the "whole model is built on the assumption of rising property values, rising rents and stable interest rates"

C Bank stance on BTL mortgages 'worrying development'

Fianna Fáil's Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath has said it is a "worrying development" that the Central Bank says a lender should assess a borrower's ability to repay the capital at the end of an interest-period on a buy-to-let mortgage, and the system is "simply not workable".

Business • 09 May 18

Beware of our susceptibility to narrative economics

For decades now, behavioural scientists have been telling us (to little effect) that people do not act rationally. Experiment after experiment finds – particularly when it comes to financial decisions – people rarely make the wise choice.

Business • 11 Mar 18

Buying a house is not a one-way bet, Central Bank Governor Philip Lane tells the Institute for International and European Affairs

Central Bank does not favour any one NPL solution

The Central Bank Governor has said the tracker mortgage scandal has had a negative impact on public trust and confidence in the banks, which were already fragile in the aftermath of the economic crisis.

Business • 09 Mar 18

Professor Lane has most recently spearheaded a taskforce in Frankfurt working on a new "safe asset" aimed at breaking a vicious circle of lending by banks to their national governments

Governor Lane is 'stronger' candidate for ECB job

The chair of the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has said Central Bank governor Philip Lane would be the stronger of the two candidates for the post of vice president of the European Central Bank.

Business • 16 Feb 18

Spain's economy minister Luis de Guindos and Central Bank Governor Philip Lane are both running for the vice president's job at the ECB

Spain proposes economy minister for ECB job

Spain today named Economy Minister Luis de Guindos as a candidate for the coveted vice-presidency of the European Central Bank, pitching him against Central Bank Governor Philip Lane.

Business • 07 Feb 18

Safe assets and how to protect the euro from the next crisis

Back in 2011, at the height of the financial crisis in the Euro Area, there were many ideas flying around about how to make the single currency safer.

Business Analysis • 30 Jan 18

Professor Philip Lane at the Oireachtas Finance Committee

Central Bank defends handling of Sugarman complaints

Professor Philip Lane has defended the Central Bank's handling of complaints made by UniCredit whistleblower Jonathan Sugarman.

Business • 18 Jan 18

Central Bank Governor Professor Philip Lane appearing at the Finance Committee

Tracker mortgage controversy to cost banks over €900m

The Central Bank estimates that the banks have made combined provisions of about €900m for what it called the "unprecedented" tracker mortgage scandal.

Business • 18 Jan 18

Central Bank Governor Philip Lane and Deputy Governor Sharon Donnery may be potential contenders for top ECB jobs

Ireland considering long game in push for top ECB posts

The European Central Bank is heading into a two-year shakeup of its top officials which could present Ireland with some new opportunities.

Business • 16 Jan 18

Minutes from the regulator's Commission meeting at the end of November, show members considered the 'strategy was flawed'

Central Bank's tracker communications strategy 'flawed'

Members of the Central Bank Commission have criticised the regulator's communications strategy around the tracker mortgage examination.

Business • 02 Jan 18

Big changes to mortgage rules unlikely

On Tuesday the Central Bank will publish its annual review of the restrictions that govern how much people can borrow to buy a home.

Business • 27 Nov 17

Philip Lane said initial redress proposals from certain banks had fallen far short of the Central Bank's expectations

At least 20,000 will be affected by tracker scandal

The Governor of the Central Bank has told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that the number of people affected in the tracker mortgage scandal will be at least 20,000.

News • 19 Oct 17