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Fri 05 May 2007Sub-prime market beckonsAn investors view:A combination of reasonable credit quality and higher profit margins makes the sub-prime mortgage market attractive for providers such as Fire and StartThe tiny IEX listed Finance Ireland (market capitalisation € 15.5m) announced its audited financial results for the six months ended December 2006 on Monday. The company is changing its financial year-end to December from June which explains the "short" accounting year.