Tributes paid to Credit Union pioneer

THE founder of the Irish credit union movement Nora Herlihy has been honoured in her birthplace on the Cork-Kerry border.

Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) president Uel Adair performed a wreath-laying ceremony and plaque unveiling in her native Ballydesmond.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in Ireland, he said development of the credit union movement was spearheaded by the Ballydesmond-born national teacher working among disadvantaged children in 1950’s Dublin.