The "Celtic Tiger" is a term referring to the economy of Ireland from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s,a period of rapid real economic growth fuelled by foreign direct investment. The boom was dampened by a subsequent property bubble which resulted in a severe economic downturn.
Anglo Irish Bank was an Irish bank headquartered in Dublin from 1964 to 2011. It began to wind down after nationalisation in 2009. In July 2011 Anglo Irish merged with the Irish Nationwide Building Society,forming a new company named the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. Michael Noonan,the Minister for Finance stated that the name change was important in order to remove "the negative international references associated with the appalling failings of both institutions and their previous managements".
Allied Irish Banks,p.l.c. is one of the so-called Big Four commercial banks in the Republic of Ireland. AIB offers a full range of personal,business and corporate banking services. The bank also offers a range of general insurance products such as home,travel and car. It offers life assurance and pensions through its tied agency with Irish Life Assurance plc.
Fergus O'Dowd is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Louth constituency from 2002 to 2024. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement in September 2020. He previously served as Chair of the Committee on Transport,Tourism and Sport from 2017 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 2011 to 2014.
David McWilliams is an Irish economist,writer,and journalist. Since 1999,he has been a broadcaster,writer,economic commentator and documentary-maker. He has written five books,The Pope's Children,The Generation Game,Follow the Money,The Good Room and Renaissance Nation,and written regular columns for the Irish Times and Irish Independent.
The Irish property bubble was the speculative excess element of a long-term price increase of real estate in the Republic of Ireland from the early 2000s to 2007,a period known as the later part of the Celtic Tiger. In 2006,the prices peaked at the top of the bubble,with a combination of increased speculative construction and rapidly rising prices;in 2007 the prices first stabilised and then started to fall until 2010 following the shock effect of the Great Recession. By the second quarter of 2010,house prices in Ireland had fallen by 35% compared with the second quarter of 2007,and the number of housing loans approved fell by 73%.
A Special Saving Incentive Account (SSIA) was a type of interest-bearing account in Ireland. These accounts were available to open between 1 May 2001 and 30 April 2002,and featured a state-provided top-up of 25% of the sum deposited.
Lucinda Creighton is an Irish businesswoman and former politician,who served as Minister of State for European Affairs from 2011 to 2013. She was leader of Renua from its March 2015 foundation until May 2016,and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) representing Dublin South-East from 2007 to 2016.
Terence Flanagan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Dublin City Councillor from 2019 to 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-East constituency from 2007 to 2016.
Mannok,formerly the QUINN group,is a business group headquartered in Derrylin,County Fermanagh,Northern Ireland. The group has ventured into cement and concrete products,container glass,general insurance,radiators,plastics,hotels,and real estate. It was formed by Seán Quinn in 1973,developing from a small quarrying operation in Derrylin into a large organization,employing over 8,000 people in various locations throughout Europe.
The National Consumer Agency was a statutory body enforcing consumer protection in Ireland from 2007 to 2014,when it amalgamated with the Competition Authority to form the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.
Seoige is an Irish television chat show. It was hosted by sisters Gráinne and Síle Seoige and was broadcast live on weekdays at 4.30 pm on RTÉOne between 2006 and 2009,with a hiatus in the summer months. Episodes were repeated at 8.20 the following weekday morning on the same channel.
The economy of the Republic of Ireland is a highly developed knowledge economy,focused on services in high-tech,life sciences,financial services and agribusiness,including agrifood. Ireland is an open economy,and ranks first for high-value foreign direct investment (FDI) flows. In the global GDP per capita tables,Ireland ranks 2nd of 192 in the IMF table and 4th of 187 in the World Bank ranking.
RaidióTeilifís Éireann is an Irish public service broadcaster. It both produces and broadcasts programmes on television,radio and online. The radio service began on 1 January 1926,while regular television broadcasts began on 31 December 1961,making it one of the oldest continuously operating public service broadcasters in the world. It is headquartered in Donnybrook in Dublin,with offices across different parts of Ireland.
Bill Tyson is an Irish writer,producer and documentary maker. As of 2020,he was working with Dublin Community Television and the Irish Mail on Sunday. He previously worked for the Sunday Tribune and the Irish Independent.
Davy Group is Ireland's largest stockbroker,wealth manager,asset manager and financial advisor and has offices in Dublin,Belfast,Cork,Galway and London. Davy offers services to private clients,small businesses,corporations and institutional investors.
The Reform Alliance was an Irish political group formed on 13 September 2013 by Oireachtas members who had been expelled from the Fine Gael parliamentary party for voting against the party whip. Since the dissolution of the 31st Dail,it has been defunct. Its members described it as a "loose alliance" but did not preclude forming a political party in the future.
The Centre Party of Ireland,formerly Renua,is a fringe political party in Ireland. The party was launched on 13 March 2015,with former Fine Gael TD Lucinda Creighton as founding leader. Prior to its launch it had used the slogan Reboot Ireland. The name Renua was intended to suggest both the English Renew and the Irish RéNua "New Era". The party changed its name to the Centre Party of Ireland in 2023.
Numerous polls of support for political parties in Ireland were taken between the 2011 general election and the 2016 general election,held on Friday,26 February 2016. The article also contains polls taken after the election while a government was being formed.
This is a timeline of the RTÉTelevision channel in Ireland. In its early years,the channel was called Telefís Éireann
