Market Uncertainty - May 2025

A conversation between Barry Harrington, Head of Advocacy at the Irish League of Credit Unions and Dr. Alan O' Sullivan, Founder of Priya Wealth Management. https://priyawm.ie/

In this episode, Paul Hamill, Learning Advisor with CU Learning and Development discusses the latest update to MCC regulation with Siobhan McKenna, Senior Compliance Officer at the ILCU Compliance Centre, Vikki Mernagh, Risk and Compliance Officer at Wexford Credit Union, and Bridget Hynes, CEO at Ballyfermot Inchicore Credit Union.

David Hewson, ILCU Data Analyst, along with Marianne Cushley, from the ILCU Brand and Member Experience team, are joined by 3 credit union managers in Northern Ireland who have achieved strong lending growth in recent years. The credit union managers are Geraldine Dawson from Newtownhamilton Credit Union, Roisin O'Reilly from Waterside Credit Union Limited and Angela Hegarty from Bannvale Credit Union Limited. In this episode of the podcast we discuss what lending strategies have contributed to their positive loan growth.

In episode 4 (Part 2), Barry Harrington,  Head of Advocacy & Regulatory Affairs at the Irish League of Credit Unions and Mark Johnston, ILCU Volunteer Engagement Manager, chat with Denise Hayward, CEO of Volunteer Now and Nina Arwitz, CEO of Volunteer Ireland about the trends in volunteering and the challenges and opportunities for credit unions.

In episode 4 (Part 1), Barry Harrington,  Head of Advocacy & Regulatory Affairs at the Irish League of Credit Unions speaks with Mark Johnston, ILCU Volunteer Engagement Manager and ILCU President, Martin Busch about his experience volunteering with the credit union and his role as President, and ongoing work in relation to Chapter and CUAC report findings.

In this episode, Patrick Lawlor Head of Professional Advisory Services at the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) speaks with David Hewson, ILCU Data Analyst, Gerry Kelly, CEO of St. Colman's Credit Union in Claremorris, Naomi Masterson, CEO of Enfield Credit Union, and Triona Fitzgerald, Head of Lending & Business Development at Nenagh Credit Union about all things lending.This includes the trends in lending across all credit unions in the Republic of Ireland and what's working well for these three credit unions who are each experiencing positive trends in loan growth.

In this episode, we were delighted to get the opportunity to discuss the important topic of community lending  with Patrick Lawlor, Head of Professional Advisory Services at the  ILCU, Donal Traynor, CEO of Community Finance Ireland,  and David McCauley, CEO of Donore Credit Union.We discuss the opportunities available to credit unions in this space that is aligned with our values combined with the sustainability of the credit union at the heart of communities. We also discuss the recently launched collaboration between the Irish League of Credit Unions and Community Finance Ireland.

In this episode we speak with economist Robert Maxwell and data analyst Dave Hewson about the economic landscape and how credit unions are performing within it.