We all know house prices are rising and that Ireland pays twice the average mortgage interest rate in the Eurozone and we know that the number of banks is shrinking thus reducing competition for consumers and companies. So why is the CBI curbing established lenders like Credit Unions in what they can lend? 

For more on this Joe spoke to David Malone from the Irish Leagues of Credit Unions.

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