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Revolut for payments, An Post for savings: how we might bank in the future
- Personal Finance
- April 21, 2021, 04:45
Just a few hours after KBC Bank’s announcement on Friday, talk began of the competitive lacuna that will be left in its wake if it is to proceed with (...)

Credit unions to get up to €10m funding for retrofit scheme
- Energy & Resources
- April 5, 2021, 16:54
Credit unions are to get additional funding of up to €10 million for a scheme to finance the retrofitting of homes. The Credit Union Development Asso(...)

Maureen O’Hara statue ‘not a good likeness’ as refund given – FOI
- Irish News
- March 2, 2021, 20:43
A local authority sought a refund of a €33,000 grant after a statue of Hollywood star Maureen O’Hara proved “not a good likeness” and could not be use(...)

Credit unions see Covid surge in savings, adding to their challenges
- Financial Services
- December 17, 2020, 13:10
A surge in household savings during Covid-19 saw Irish credit union deposits rise 7 per cent to €16.3 billion in the year to September, adding to the (...)

Credit unions welcome Donohoe’s move to reduce levies
- Financial Services
- October 9, 2020, 15:20
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has reduced the two main regulatory levies imposed on credit unions to afford them financial head room amid the C(...)

Credit unions seek regulatory changes to allow financial help for members
- Financial Services
- March 19, 2020, 14:00
Credit unions have urged the Government to introduce regulatory changes to allow them to better respond to members affected by the Covid-19 crisis. T(...)

Credit unions to loan up to €10m for home energy upgrades
- Financial Services
- May 13, 2019, 05:26
Up to €10 million is expected to be loaned to credit union members for a new home improvement funding scheme this year. The ProEnergy Homes scheme w(...)

Credit unions could be allowed to push up the cost of loans
- Financial Services
- January 7, 2019, 13:40
The Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe is set to press ahead with plans to allow credit unions to hike up the cost of the loans they offer their cus(...)

Central Bank to review credit union regulations
- Financial Services
- January 31, 2017, 05:05
The Central Bank of Ireland is planning to review the regulations around how credit unions can invest their members’ funds, in a move that could open (...)

Lack of services not lack of people is what is killing rural Ireland
- Opinion
- July 25, 2016, 01:00
Last month an era for a Co Tipperary parish ended. Eddie and Helen O’Dwyer retired as proprietors of the local shop, and the family name disappeared f(...)