Situated in the heart of Raheny village, the Credit Union has evolved
from humble beginnings,in July 1962, to now having an active membership
of almost 8000 and assets of € 30m approx. Our premises O’Doherty
House, are dedicated to the memory of our late founder member and director
Michael O’Doherty.
On 17th
July 1962 a meeting of 14 community conscious people, in the home of
Con O'Sullivan on the Howth Road, led to the formation of Raheny & District
Credit Union Ltd. This was also attended by the legendry Nora O'Herlihy,
then Secretary of the Credit Union League of Ireland and by Sean Forde,
it's Vice President. The first official address and office was " The
Cottage", Main Street, Raheny and a peep through an old minute book
reveals the first Board of Directors to have been as follows :
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President
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Thomas
Duffy
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Secretary
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Con
O' Sullivan
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Treasurer
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R.O'Sullivan
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Fellow
Directors
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Seamus Moorhouse
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Justin Cox
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Eamon Kennedy
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Stephen Byrne
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Michael O'Doherty
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James Hackett
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From an original membership of 21 and total shares of £8.10s.0d, we
have grown to figures of almost 8000 active members and shares of
€ 25m and the last year end 30th September 2009.
One of our founders, Michael O'Doherty was to achieve great acclaim
and fame within the credit union movement not alone nationally but
also internationally, spreading the gospel and ethos of the union
in England, Scotland, America, Canada and many other far away places
with strange sounding names.
Our present status sees us situated in the centre of Raheny village,
with current assets of €32.6m, a full time staff of three and part
time of six.
Our Current Board of Directors is :
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Chairperson
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John Gallagher
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Vice
Chairperson
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Clare Leahy
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Secretary
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John Cahill
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Treasurer
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Motolani Eko Davis
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| Supervisors | Allison McWeeney |
| Mary Smith | |
| Luke Brodigan |
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Assistant Secretary
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Teresa Kelly
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Directors
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Joe Mahon
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Paul Cormack
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Clare Leahy
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Rita Bellew
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Tom O'Connor
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Marie Judge
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Noel Nutley
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Our present staff is as follows :
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Office Manager
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John Broderick
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ASST.Manager
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Brian Daly
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Office
Administrator
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Patricia Harris
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Member
Services Officer
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Member
Services Operative
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Margaret Davitt
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Barbara O'Carroll
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Jackie McKenna
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Kay Byrne
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Evelyn Mitchell
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Rebecca Bisset
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Membership Application | Government SSIA