ILCU creates political friction in Northern Ireland

O dear, ILCU President Adair's posturing in Northern Ireland seems to have politically backfired as the ILCU has cheesed off both Sinn Fein and the SDLP.

Sinn Fein - Martina Anderson
Responding to ILCU claims that credit unions have been snubbed by the NI Assembly leading Sinn Fein assembly member said she was "disappointed at the sweeping accusation by Uel Adair that the 'Assembly has snubbed' the Credit Union Movement" she added that if he "was paying attention instead of using a scatter gun approach in his criticism he should have been aware of the consistent and persistent efforts of Sinn Fein in the Assembly to have barriers to Credit Unions ability to offer wider Financial Services removed..it would be nice of he could at least acknowledge the efforts that we are making and will continue to make in support of the Credit Union Movement"

SDLP - Mark Durkan (Party Leader and chair of the NI Assembly enterprise committee)
Durkan said he was equally "disappointed" adding that "people should not be given the impression that parties are not doing anything in the Assembly when the record and current business shows they are". His initiative he said resulted in "a formal enquiry into the very subject"

At a time when credit unions need all the friends they can get, going offside with influential politicians is hardly the right course to take. More so as Irish Times and Examiner articles highlight growing concerns over credit unions