Irish Bank and Building Societies

There are twelve lenders in Ireland. Our guide reflects their offers, current interest rates and basic information about their brands. The goal of our summary is to introduce all of them and let you pick the best one that will suit your needs and make hunting for mortgage easier.

AIB (Allied Irish Banks) Mortgages

Allied Irish Banks (AIB) provide a number of mortgage options to cover the needs of most people seeking mortgages. AIB offer more financial services than just mortgages, of course, and were originally formed to combine the different strengths of three banks to produce an amalgamation significantly stronger than the sum of their parts.

Bank of Ireland Mortgages

The Bank of Ireland is a banking group focused on financial services whose history goes back to June, 1783. The bank leads the domestic market in selected areas of business, targeting specific services in others. Based in Dublin, the generation of profits is well distributed with 55% coming from the Republic of Ireland, the other 45% from the UK, France, Germany, USA, Japan and Australia.

KBC Homeloans

KBC Bank Ireland (former IIB) is one of the leading providers of financial services in Ireland. Established in 1973, we are part of a major European financial services group, the KBC Group (one of the Worlds Top 50 Banks), which is headquartered in Brussels. KBC provides a broad range of business and personal banking services and we have built an enviable reputation for service excellence, innovation and customer value.

First Active Mortgages

First Active offers a wide range of mortgage and investment packages in the Irish Mortgage market. Whether you're looking for a no-nonsense instant access account or a diversified investment portfolio, First Active Mortgages have a range of products to suit different needs.

Permanent TSB Mortgages

Permanent TSB is the retail banking division of Irish Life & Permanent plc. Irish Life & Permanent plc was formed by the merger of Irish Permanent plc and Irish Life plc in April 1999. This merger brought together the combined strengths of Ireland's bigger home loans provider and the country's largest insurance company.

EBS Building Society Mortgages

We are a mutual building society, established and run on behalf of our members. We remain true to our founding principle of members' mutual support for each other. We do not have to focus on the short-term financial demands of external shareholders so we are in a unique position to focus on our members' needs and on areas of collective interest to all our members unlike other institutions.

Irish Nationwide Building Society Mortgages

Irish Nationwide offers a wide range of mortgage and loan products for both residential and commercial customers.

Bank of Scotland Mortgages

Bank of Scotland (Ireland), has become one of Ireland’s leading business banks, has now become a full service bank with the rapid development of its personal banking business under the Halifax brand. Halifax is the new name for Bank of Scotland (Ireland) personal banking. Halifax provides personal banking products such as mortgages, loans, savings, credit cards and investment products through its branches and over the phone.

ICS Building Society - Mortgage Store

ICS Building Society first opened for subscriptions on June 2nd 1864. Ever since that day we have gained a reputation for financial strength, customer service and innovation. In 1984 ICS became part of Bank of Ireland Group. ICS Building Society launched the first Mortgage Store back in 1989, with the opening of their Grafton Street store.

Halifax Mortgages

Became known as Halifax at the end of 2006 and prior to that their personal banking branches and products were known as Bank of Scotland (Ireland). Bank of Scotland (Ireland) is also a very successful business bank and has operated in Ireland in one form or another for over 70 years.

National Irish Bank

In 2005, the National Irish Bank was acquired by the Danish-based Danske Bank Group, and subsequently relaunched its branch network and new brand in 2006. The Bank underwent one of the biggest change programmes in Irish banking, involving an €100m investment in new operations and business structures as well as new products, services and IT.

Ulster Bank

Founded in 1836, Ulster Bank became a wholly owned subsidiary of NatWest in 1917. NatWest Group was the subject of a successful take-over bid by The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in March 2000. Ulster Bank Group is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the enlarged RBS group (one of the world's largest banking groups). In January 2004 First Active, a leading mortgage provider, was acquired by Ulster Bank Group.