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Brexit Q&A: Alison Graham, Irish Co-operative Organisation Society

'ICOS is gravely concerned by the decision in the UK House of Commons to reject the…

Scholarships on offer for MSc in co-ops, food and sustainability

The course is run at the Centre for Co-operative Studies at University College Cork

Collaboration within the credit union sector: case studies from Ireland, Scotland and England

In its first edition, the conference looked at achieving scale through effective collaboration while remaining true…

Regulator to look at proposed merger of Irish dairy co-ops

The Competition and Markets Authority is investigating plans to merge LacPatrick and Lakeland co-ops

Young Irish farmers’ views sought on future of co-ops

'Steps needed to be taken in this area to gauge the future of the co-operative movement…

Andy Burnham backs credit union ‘Oscars’

'I am a huge supporter of the credit union way of doing business. Credit unions transform…

Forced relocation sparks new era for Ireland’s oldest wholefood co-op

'We faced huge pressure to find a new premises quickly in a market with very few…

All-Ireland dairy co-ops Lakeland and LacPatrick agree merger

'The combined organisation will be a competitive, international dairy food business which will work as a…

Credit unions top Irish customer experience survey for fourth consecutive year

'Credit unions care about their members, and when you care about someone, that’s what they remember'

Lakeland Dairies announces cut in March milk price to farmers

The co-op blamed difficult global market conditions for the cut

Lakeland Daries reports 28% increase in revenues and a profit of €15.9m

'Our global growth has been driven by our strategy, investments, product range and the high quality…

Larne Credit Union donates £12,000 to Irish League of Credit Unions foundation

The Irish League of Credit Unions International Development Foundation has received new funding to support credit…