Organisation: Centre for Co-operative Studies

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

farming

Oliver Moore: Co-op model ideal for snail farming

Two hundred and fifty people attended a two day snail farming conference organised by NOTS — the National Organic Training Skillnet — in Tullamore last week. This level of interest is significant, and there appears to be an export market available, due to the shortfall in supply in Italy and France in particular.

business

Graduate wins UCC scholarship to mark UN’s Year of Co-operatives

business

Co-op boards ‘need strategic thinking’ to deliver on job creation

business

Credit unions the ‘children of adversity’

business

Funding for farmers’ markets study

news

Families urged to budget for Christmas

The money trap - Sustain a thread of humanity

THIS IS probably the worst time of the year to be short of cash, a truly appalling time to be poor.

Tue, 04 Dec, 2007

Call for money lender rate cap

THE Government should cap interest rates for money lenders in a bid to stop ordinary people falling even further into debt, it was claimed yesterday.

Thu, 20 Sep, 2007

War on loan sharks launched

Credit unions launched an offensive today against rogue loan sharks preying on the vulnerable over the months in the run-up to Christmas.

Wed, 19 Sep, 2007

Co-ops generate €15bn annually

THE co-operative movement in Ireland is not dying out and is generating more than €15 billion in annual sales.

Thu, 07 Jun, 2007

Credit unions hunt loan sharks

Credit unions launched an assault today on rogue money lenders preying on vulnerable people ahead of the traditionally high-risk Christmas period.

Tue, 24 Oct, 2006