Cara Credit Union Imagines More – 37 Years On

Cara Credit Union Imagines More – 37 Years On

The Cara Credit Union Art Competition 2020 results are in! This year’s theme was ‘Imagine More’ which was aimed at encouraging entrants to think past the current situation and imagine. Imagine More was influenced by the creative role art plays in Irish society and encouraged participants to unlock their imagination and look at how art…

Cara Credit Union Invites Applications for Lauri Healy Community Project Funds

Cara Credit Union Invites Applications for Lauri Healy Community Project Funds

Over 20 community groups and charitable organisations have already benefited from Cara Credit Union’s Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards. “Cara Credit Union is very conscious of our ethos. One way of rewarding the trust and loyalty we receive from our members is by supporting projects in our communities,” said Sean Roche, chairperson of the Cara…

Cara Credit Union’s €10,500 Giveaway To Third Level Students

Cara Credit Union’s €10,500 Giveaway To Third Level Students

Calling all college students, would €1,500 help finance your studies? if the answer is yes, then check out Cara Credit Union’s Education and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards. The Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards Cara Credit Union’s Education Awards are open to undergraduates in a full-time course of at least two years’ duration and The Dan Kellegher…

Castleisland AFC a Beneficiary of Lauri Healy Credit Union Awards

Castleisland AFC a Beneficiary of Lauri Healy Credit Union Awards

Four community groups received funds from Cara Credit Union’s latest round of the Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards and Castleisland AFC was among the recipients. The community projects which received funds in this round were: Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre, to aid in the purchase of a bus; Castleisland AFC, to erect spectator barrier at…

Cara Credit Union to Feature on RTÉ One TV Series

Cara Credit Union to Feature on RTÉ One TV Series

Cara Credit Union is the focus of a brand new eight-part RTE One series titled The Borrowers, commencing on Tuesday April 16th at 8.30pm. The fly-on-the-wall programme will take viewers behind the scenes and into a credit union loan office, for the first time ever on Irish television. Real Credit Union Members Viewers will see…

Muire Gan Smál U-13s Into Next Round of Credit Union Quiz

Muire Gan Smál U-13s Into Next Round of Credit Union Quiz

The 2019 Cara Credit Union’s School Quiz was fuelled by the Power of Four as Scoil Muire Gan Smal, Castleisland and Kilmurry National School, Cordal emerged among the top teams. Cara Credit Union held the Noreen Lynch Annual Schools Quiz on Sunday in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre, Tralee. 25,000 Children Involved However, they were…

Credit Union 50th Celebrations Continue as Awards Add Up

Credit Union 50th Celebrations Continue as Awards Add Up

Friday 19th of October will be remembered as an historical milestone for Cara Credit Union as its representatives came away with five awards at two leading award ceremonies in Dublin and Kerry. At a Gala Luncheon in the Louis Fitzgerald Hotel in Dublin, Cara Credit Union attended the Irish Credit Management Training’s Top 20 Credit…

Cara Credit Union Celebrates Fourth Customer Experience Award

Cara Credit Union Celebrates Fourth Customer Experience Award

Credit unions have been voted number one for customer experience in the 2018 CXi Ireland Customer Experience Report and taking the award for the fourth year running. This is the first time, anywhere in the world, that the same organisation has taken the award for four consecutive years. Cara Credit Union in Tralee, Castleisland and…

Cara Credit Union – An All Inclusive Name Change

Cara Credit Union – An All Inclusive Name Change

Tralee Credit Union’s 50th anniversary celebrations continued on Thursday 29th of March when it officially changed its name to Cara Credit Union in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin. “Our name change is an historical milestone and helps us achieve our vision for continued growth and strength together,” said Pa Laide, Cara Credit Union CEO. Name Change…

Tralee Credit Union to Celebrate its 50th this Sunday

Tralee Credit Union to Celebrate its 50th this Sunday

This Sunday, February 18th. marks exactly 50 years to the date and day on which Tralee Credit Union first opened its doors to members. Sunday, February 18th.1968 was the historic day at the T.C.L.S. Building in Day Place beside the Dominican church in Tralee. A Study Group Rev. C.D. O’Riordan, Prior, Holy Cross instigated the…