The Financial Co-operative System in Ireland

Olive McCarthy; Sharon Farrell; David Hewson

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-28784-3_7

The Financial Co-operative System in Ireland

Olive McCarthy
, Sharon Farrell
, David Hewson

Cork University Business School

Irish League of Credit Unions

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Abstract

The financial co-operative system in Ireland is comprised mainly of credit unions. The Irish credit union movement includes over 520 individual credit unions with a combined asset base of over 16 billion euros, total membership of over 3.6 million people, total savings of over 13 billion euros and total lending of over 4.5 billion euros. This chapter explores the current size, structure, operations and challenges of the movement across two jurisdictions: Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. This is a particularly difficult and complex time for credit unions in both jurisdictions as they face significant regulatory, legislative and structural changes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contributions to Economics
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	127-147
Number of pages	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28784-3_7
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Name	Contributions to Economics
ISSN (Print)	1431-1933
ISSN (Electronic)	2197-7178

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