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How many credit unions are there in Ireland? Seems the Central Bank of Ireland does not know.<\/p>\n

As part of an developing research project, I found the Register of Credit Unions here https:\/\/lnkd.in\/egw2kNae<\/a>
The page states this is valid as of January 2nd 2025. I downloaded the file, and using some python coding to check for valid webpages of each credit union on the Register, I found that 13 of 206 (or 6.3%) have either merged with other credit unions (9) or closed\/liquidated (4). Just in case someone might suggest my coding is incorrect, when the code found an incorrect web domain, I manually checked all. To give one example, per the Register there is allegedly a 383CU Berehaven Credit Union Limited \u2013 this was liquidated in 2014 \u2013 see https:\/\/lnkd.in\/eQbDi9rQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So two questions:
1) why is the (public) Register inaccurate?
2) would you be confident in a Regulatory authority that seem to not accurately know who it is regulating?<\/p>\n

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