Bank of Ireland News

Bank of Ireland Shares Fall 6%, as Fairfax Financial Sells Stake

Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings has sold half of its 5.8 percent stake in Bank of Ireland for more than triple what it paid for it in 2011, a source with knowledge of the deal said, pushing the share price down …

INTERVIEW-Greece, BlackBerry, Ireland – ‘Cautious’ Bets for Canada’s Fairfax

Bets on debt-ravaged Greece or ailing phone maker BlackBerry would make many investors flee, but for Prem Watsa both are part of a “cautious” strategy he employs to manage Fairfax Financial’s $23.3 billion portfolio. Indian-born Watsa, 63, often compared to …