The market needs more competition than just three banks, it’s unhealthy

Finance Ireland chief executive Billy Kane wants to turn it into the most substantial non-bank player

Billy Kane Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Billy Kane

Age:61

Lives: Rathfarnham

Family: married with three adult children

Hobbies: walking and sailing

Finance Ireland’s office is a very impressive former period residence on Pembroke Road in Dublin 4, overlooking the old Jurys Hotel and just a few doors down from the US embassy. The building has long since been converted from a family home and over the decades, has served as the office of a number of financial institutions, ...