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University College Cork
Enterprise
Can social enterprise help combat workplace discrimination?
With unemployment levels among those with disabilities far higher than in the general population, could the solution lie in social enterprise?
Initiatives
3 co-operatives abroad that will inspire at home
On the eve of the UN and International Cooperative Alliance’s International Day of Cooperatives, we’re revisiting a spread from our June-July 2018 issue (Issue 60) drawing on cooperatives from around the world for examples of best practice.
Policy & Strategy
New caps on moneylending could end exorbitant interest rates
As laws come into effect to cap moneylending rates, Olive McCarthy and Noreen Byrne of the University College Cork (UCC) Centre for Co-operative Studies explain why they support it.
Community Finance
Credit unions most reliable financial institutions in Ireland?
It’s been 10 years since the banks were bailed out, but credit unions are still unfairly tarnished. This year’s Credit Union Summer School in University College Cork sought to clear their name.
