About Us
Finance Ireland Ltd is a privately owned financial services Group. We have businesses that specialise in Motor Finance, Finance & Leasing (incorporating Hire Purchase, Contract Hire, Vehicle & LCV leasing, Short-term Car Rental), Commercial Mortgages and Agri Finance. We are continually seeking further suitable opportunities in order to add value to the Group.
Established in 2002, the Group has businesses that specialise in motor finance, SME asset finance, agri asset finance, commercial mortgages and personal lending.
The Group has Net Assets of c. €75m as at December 2016.
History
Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) invests €30m in Finance Ireland
Finance Ireland to manage innovative new €100m fund to offer access to flexible, low interest loans for dairy farmers
Finance Ireland disposes of its legacy lifetime mortgage and reversionary business
Finance Ireland disposes of its debt recovery business to focus entirely on loan origination
Global Investment Management Firm takes a minority stake in Finance Ireland Limited
Finance Ireland acquires the performing Irish leasing and vendor finance portfolio from CIT Group Finance (Ireland), part of CIT Group Inc.
Ken Murnaghan joins the Group as MD of Commercial Mortgages and joins the Board of Finance Ireland Limited.
Finance Ireland acquires new Group Headquarters at 85 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4.
Everyday Group successfully partners with global investment manager CarVal to acquire a €230m asset finance portfolio from Lombard Ireland (part of RBS). Everyday will service the portfolio and co-invest alongside CarVal.
Finance Ireland completes £4m new capital raising.
Finance Ireland PLC becomes Finance Ireland Limited following the company’s re-registration. First Auto completes its first full year in business having more than doubled its business written in 2011.
Finance Ireland enters the debt purchase and recovery business following the acquisition of Everyday Group (now known as Finance Ireland Asset Management).
Company establishes its new motor finance subsidiary, First Auto Finance Ireland, which is the exclusive partner of Close Brothers Motor Finance in Ireland.
Company de-lists from UK AIM in wake of the global financial crisis.
Company acquired UK AIM listed company Ardent PLC and renamed itself Finance Ireland PLC.
Seniors Finance Ireland formed to provide Lifetime Mortgages in the Irish market.
Shared Home Investment Plan Limited established to provide equity releases on residential properties.