Dónal Traynor is a man who will tell you what’s what.  With steely blue eyes and the energy of a coiled spring, he is a convincing advocate for Community Finance Ireland, the organisation he has been part of since 2004 and helmed since 2020. “We’re there to eradicate the need for personal guarantees in the voluntary sector,” he told me over lunch in a busy Dublin café. Bank loans generally incur personal guarantees. Who’s going to volunteer, asked Traynor, if you have to put your house on the line. That’s where Community Finance Ireland (CFI) comes in.  As long as…

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