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EXCITEMENT was in the air as over 200 people attended Cara Credit Union’s Prize Giving Night in Manor West Hotel, recently. Invited guests included inspirational artists from Tralee, Castleisland, Killorglin, Ballyduff and Causeway, their teachers and their families. The theme of this year’s Credit Union Art Competition was the ‘Me […]

CARA Credit Union are advising customers that all Cara Credit Union Branches and phone lines will be closed on Monday, November 27. This closure is to facilitate their merger with Comhar Chreidmheasa Chorca Dhuibhne Teoranta. Their online banking and current account Mastercard debit card facilities will operate as normal. If […]

LISTOWEL Credit Union and Cara Credit Union have announced that they are joining the Ukraine Credit Guarantee Scheme as lenders. This scheme provides attractive terms and conditions and reduced interest rate loans to small businesses, farmers and fishers. This Scheme has a lending ceiling of €1.2 billion and facilitates loans for […]

CHAPTER 23 Credit Unions of Kerry and West Limerick joined credit union members around the world to celebrate International Credit Union Day on Thursday. This year marks the 75th anniversary of ICU day where credit unions around the world reflect on the movement’s history, promote its achievements, recognise its hard work […]

Cara Credit Union was there to lend a helping hand to  a Tralee Tidy Towns Project by bringing a team of staff members out on a tidy towns work event on Tuesday. Twenty staff members from the Ashe St office, led by Pa Laide, CEO, arrived down to the car […]

A NUMBER of local community groups and organisations have received funds from the Cara Credit Union Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards programme. Originally established in 2017, this initiative has already provided substantial support to numerous community-based projects initiated by organisations within the common bond of Cara Credit Union. The decision […]

THE Credit Unions of Kerry and West Limerick are thrilled to announce their support for the Kerry Senior Ladies team as they prepare for the highly anticipated All-Ireland Senior Championship Final, scheduled for August 13th in Croke Park. Kerry LGFA Chairperson, Selina Looney, expressed her excitement, stating; “Competing in an […]

KERRY FC has announced that the Credit Unions of Kerry and West Limerick as the new sponsors of their under 17 academy, the stars of the future. Welcoming the news, Damien Locke, Kerry F.C. Head of Academy said; “ We are hugely excited to welcome the Credit Unions on board […]

THE Tralee Food Festival has teamed up with Cara Credit Union who have been announced as the official Taste Trail Partner for the event this year. Taking place on Saturday, May 20 and Sunday, May 21, this year’s festival promises to be another very special attraction for all, with a […]

THE children of Presentation Primary School were getting muddy and enjoying the school garden, thanks to the support of Cara Credit Union. The school was selected by the Credit Union to participate in a project promoting biodiversity and ecological awareness in young children in the community. The project, in co-operation […]

KERRY Credit Unions are proud to announce the inaugural National Cultivate Week, a celebration of the credit unions’ commitment to the farming community. Taking place from March 27th to April 2nd, National Cultivate Week will bring credit unions and their members together throughout the country to celebrate farmers and the […]

CARA Credit Union held The Noreen Lynch Annual Schools Quiz on Sunday last in the Kerry Sports Academy. However, they were not alone as 25,000 primary school children all over Ireland tested their brain power at their annual Credit Union Schools Quiz. The questions compiled nationally by primary school teachers […]

Kerry’s All-Ireland glory moved from the traditional Croke Park to the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin as Cara Credit Union picked up not one, but two All-Ireland awards on Saturday October 22nd. The All-Ireland Credit Union Awards were established to celebrate and commemorate the hard work, diligence and dedication of the […]

CREDIT unions have topped the league table for the best customer experience in Ireland at the official CXi awards announced last week. This is a record-breaking eighth year in a row that credit unions have topped the CXi poll. Speaking about the achievement, Pa Laide CEO of Cara Credit Union […]

THEY were doling out free ice-creams on Ashe Street on Saturday afternoon for the official launch of the Cara Credit Union’s Quick Lodge and Withdrawal Lobby. The ice-cream was just a small part of the entertainment as customers brought the kids for balloon making, face painting and a chance to win […]

AN official launch of the Cara Credit Union’s Quick Lodge and Withdrawal Lobby will take place tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon in Tralee. The new ‘Quick Lodge & Withdrawal Lobby’ will open each Saturday from 10am to 4pm in the Tralee Branch of Cara Credit Union. There will be family fun from […]

CARA Credit Union are pleased to announce the launch of their Quick Lodge and Withdrawal lobby in their Tralee branch on Ashe Street. This facility is available Monday to Friday during working hours and will also be open on Saturdays from 10am-4pm. Members can lodge cash or cheques to an […]

THE Credit Unions of Kerry and West Limerick are delighted to lend their support to the Kerry Senior Ladies ahead of the All- Ireland Senior Championship Final on this Sunday, July 31, in Croke Park. Kerry LGFA Chairperson Selina Looney said: “We are hugely excited to be in an All-Ireland […]

PRIZES were presented on Saturday to the winners of a nationwide competition organised by Cara Credit Union and Career Ahead aimed at college and secondary school students. The prizes were presented to the college student and secondary school student who submitted the best outfit from a style perspective and a […]

CARA Credit Union have partnered up with Mary Lucey, Education and Career Consultant and Founder of Career Ahead, to give students all the top tips to make sure they rock your college experience. The ‘How to Rock your College Experience’ programme will be delivered to 6th year post-primary students in […]

CARA Credit Union have announced their Current Account with globally accepted Mastercard® Debit Card as the title sponsors of  Tralee’s Presentation Secondary School’s football team . This sponsorship compliments the Credit Union’s Current Account sponsorship of the LGFA’s All-Ireland Ladies Club Football Championships. This partnership will also sponsor the LGFA’s […]

IN Kerry there are many organisations providing critical services, not just at Christmas but all year around. Many of these organisations now find themselves in financial difficulty as fundraising efforts, commercial activities and other services they rely on have been curtailed due to the ongoing covid crisis. Again, this year […]

CARA Credit Union have awarded €10,500 to seven third level students in recent weeks. Each year Cara Credit Union open their Dan Kellegher Educational Awards. Five awards, of €1,500 each, are gifted to undergraduates in a full-time course of at least 2 years’ duration and the two Dan Kellegher Memorial […]

FIFTY-FIVE local schools across Tralee, Castleisland, Killorglin, Ballyduff and Causeway will each receive a set of four dyslexia-friendly children’s books about Irish wildlife, thanks to Cara Credit Union and author Shane Casey. Dyslexia affects, on average, three children in every class of 24. However, despite a significant increase in the […]

CARA Credit Union has teamed up with Mary Lucey from Career Ahead to sponsor an amazing clothes competition. This competition is aimed at college students and secondary school students nationwide, with prizes of €1,000 and €500 respectively to be won. To enter the competition, students simply need to post an […]

ST Brendan’s Park FC under 13 and 15 girls got their season off to a stylish start with new jerseys kindly sponsored by Cara Credit Union. St. Brendan’s Park FC was founded in 1971. Over the last 50 years the club has fostered teams across all age groups to enjoy […]

CARA Credit Union have teamed up with the Tralee Tidy Towns committee to lend support to the fantastic work done by the local group. Pa Laide, CEO of Cara Credit Union, said; ““Every day we see ordinary  people going to extraordinary lengths to make our communities better places to live. […]

CARA Credit Union is lending its support to St Vincent de Paul, as parents struggle with the increasing back to school costs. A survey carried out by the Irish League of Credit Union shows the overall spend on school items is up for both primary and secondary schools. The cost […]

STEPHEN Crookes from Mount Eagle, Brosna got a pleasant surprise when he recently opened a Cara Credit Union Current Account and applied for a globally accepted Mastercard Debit Card. As Cara Credit Union celebrated opening 3,000 current account since its launch in late 2019, they gifted Stephen with a cash […]

ALTHOUGH we’re not even halfway through the summer holiday, back to school costs are never far from parents minds. A new survey from the Irish League of Credit Unions shows that back to schools cost still a struggle for parents, annual ILCU survey shows more than a quarter of parents […]